Sirbaz Khan becomes first Pakistani to summit nine of the world’s highest 14 peaks
Sirbaz Khan becomes the first Pakistani to summit nine of the world’s highest 14 peaks!
According to Seven Summit Trek officials, Pakistani climber scaled the world’s seventh-highest peaks, the 8,167-metre-high Dhaulagiri mountain in Nepal, on Friday morning.
Sirbaz has been part of the 19-member ‘SST-Dhaulagiri I Expd. 2021 Autumn’ expedition organised by trekking company Seven Summits Trek.
Lots of congratulations to @Sirbazkhan to climb Daulaghiri .
— Sajid Ali Sadpara (@sajid_sadpara) October 1, 2021
After summitting Daulaghiri he is first Pakistani to summit nine 8000 mountains.#Daulaghiri#mountains#highaltitude#Sirbazkhan pic.twitter.com/YvZMfxX57W
Sirbaz, 32, hailing from the Aliabad area of Hunza in Gilgit-Baltistan began his climbing career in 2016.
He aims to become the first Pakistani to climb all 14 of the world’s highest peaks.
Sirbaz Khan’s achievement timeline:
2017: Summited the 8,125-metre-high Nanga Parbat
2018: Summited 8,611-metre-high K-2
2019: Summited Broad Peak, which has a height of 8,163 metres
2019: He became the first Pakistani to summit Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest mountain at 8,516m in Nepal, without the use of supplementary oxygen
2021: Climbed the 8,091-metre-high Anapurna mountain
2021: Summited 8,848-metre-high Everest
2021: Climed the 8,035-metre-high Gasherbrum II.
