A Greek team of mountaineers from Thessaly will depart on March 26 on an expedition to the Himalayas in Nepal. The team aims to climb Island Peak at an altitude of 6,189 metres. The team is comprised of four men and two women aged between 20 and 40. The team is headed by veteran mountain climber Nikos Magitsis, who conquered Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak, in May 2004. The Greek mountaineers are expected to return to Greece on April 11. Magitsis is one of the select few summiteers in the world to have scaled the highest mountains on all seven continents.
