GILGIT: Climber Sirbaz Khan has summited Mount Everest, the world’s helloghest peak at 8,849 metres, with out utilizing supplementary oxygen, changing into the primary and solely Pakistani to have conquered 11 eight-thousanders.
Based on expedition officers, Sirbaz Khan has additionally scaled 13 mountains above 8,000m with supplementary oxygen, together with Everest final yr.
Sirbaz reached the summit of Everest at 12:30pm (Pakistan time) on Tuesday. He was a part of a group of the Think about Nepal 2024 Everest Expedition comprising 14 worldwide climbers and 18 Sherpas.
The officers mentioned the climbers began descending from the highest after the profitable summit.
Earlier than the summit Sirbaz Khan, in a submit on his official Fb web page, mentioned: “Spring of 2024 means that my unbelievable journey with Serena Inns has reached the milestone of 5 years. In these 5 fantastic years, I received the chance to boost Serena’s flag on a few of the helloghest peaks on the planet.”
He added: “Collectively, we labored for journey diplomacy and for the promotion of tourism and hospitality via a number of initiatives. “I thank Serena Inns for his or her constant assist through the years and stay up for many extra years of significant collaboration.”
Mountaineers, civil society members, social media activists and politicians congratulated Sirbaz Khan on his achievement. In an announcement, Alpine Membership of Pakistan Secretary Karrar Haidri additionally congratulated Sirbaz on summiting Everest.
Sirbaz Khan, 34, hailing from the Aliabad space of Hunza in Gilgit-Baltistan, started his climbing profession in 2016.
In 2019, he turned the primary Pakistani to have summited Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest peak at 8,516m, in Nepal, with out supplementary oxygen.
He summited Nanga Parbat (8,125m) in 2017, Okay-2 (8,611m) in 2018, Broad Peak (8,163m) in 2019, Gasherbrum-I (8,080m) in 2022, and Anapurna (8,091m), Everest (8,848m) with complement oxygen, Gasherbrum-II (8,035m) and Cho Oyu (8,201m) in China’s Tibet in 2023.
On 4 of those expeditions, he had been accompanied by late Mohammad Ali Sadpara. Sirbaz is aiming to develop into the primary Pakistani to climb all 14 of the world’s highest peaks.
Revealed in Daybreak, Could twenty second, 2024