Youngest Pakistani Shehroze Kashif scales Mt. Everest at age of 19

It was a great day for 19 years old Shehroze Kashif from Pakistan to scale the highest mountain Mt Everest at a young age of 19 years. By doing so he also becomes the youngest Pakistan to do so. Many Congratulations. He reached the summit early morning of Tuesday 11 May 2021.

Despite hailing from the plains of Punjab and city of Lahore, this feat is one of the such kind as mostly previous Everest climbers from Pakistan were sons and daughter of Northern Areas of Pakistan. 

In an update on Facebook, Nepalese mountaineer and the expedition manager of Seven Summit Treks, Chhang Dawa Sherpa, congratulated Kashif for becoming the youngest Pakistani to climb Mount Everest. “This morning Kashif successfully climbed the Mt. Everest as a part of Seven Summit Treks — Everest Expedition 2021,” he wrote.

Kashif is also the youngest Pakistani to have climbed Broad Peak (8,047m) at the age of 17. He used supplemental oxygen on his climbs to Broad Peak and Everest.

Earlier, Samina Baig, the first Pakistani woman on Everest, was also the youngest Pakistani, at the age of 23, to reach the summit of the tallest eight thousander. 

Photo courtesy Shehroze Kashif Facebook | Source 

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Spanish Expedition in Pakistan to summit K2 for first time in winter

K-2, the second highest mountain in the world after Mt. Everest has always been a challenge to the mountaineers as it is more deadlier than the Everest to limb. And that is the reason why no expedition has ever been able to scale it in winters.

These days a Spanish expedition is in Pakistan to attempt the winter accent to this huge pyramid shaped mountain with their base at Skardu in the Gilgit Baltistan province of Pakistan.

The 15 members Spanish team consists mountaineers from climbers, who are from Spain, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Poland.

As per the news available, the team has already left for the K2 base camp from Askole, Skardu. The first team is lead by Alex Txikon from Spain. They have a strong team of eight Sherpas with them.

In an interview with Spanish media Txikon said, they can reach Camp 4 on K2 but from there it’s an open question depending on weather and snow conditions.  Also, he wants to use igloos for shelter, instead the use of the usual tents. “Inside the igloos, we will be able to zero degrees and even positive with the help of a candle values.”

Read details about K2: Fascinating Pakistan: K-2, the Mountain of the Mountains

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Polish Climbers set off for first winter ascent of K2

A group of Polish mountaineers have set off to attempt a possible first ever winter assent of K2, the savage Mountain, at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet) above mean sea level.

While K2 is known for its atrocious weather around it and the difficulty to climb, all successful attempts have been made during the summers mostly in month of July. K2 was first climbed by two Italians on 31 July 1954. More than 70 people have perished in attempting to stand atop the second highest mountain after Mt. Everest. 

The Polish team includes 13 mountaineers led by Krzysztof Wielicki, who in 2003 headed a winter expedition of K2 that was unable to clear the 8,000 meter threshold.

Wielicki told Reuters that his team would begin their ascent on Jan. 8 or 9 and, if successful, expect to return to base camp by mid-March.

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Everest to have a route-diversion over safety concerns

Mt Everest, the mountaineers' final destination has eaten up 16 Sherpa guides during the last year - the worst single loss of life in expedition history. The fatal avalanche has resulted in a boycott by Sherpa climbers who demanded better wages and conditions.

This deadly incident has forced the Nepalese government to make a diversion in the present route in vogue  since 1990 and has come up a new route to be used from next month onward.

As reported by BBC News, mountaineers will now take a more central route after Base Camp, avoiding the left side of the Khumbu Icefall, where last year's accident occurred.

Read more about it at: BBC 
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Austrian and Swiss climber and Pakistani porter go missing on Gasherbrum-I

Three mountaineers, including a high-altitude Pakistani porter, went missing on Friday roughly 450 metres below the summit of Gasherbrum-I, which is also known as the Hidden Peak. Bad weather has delayed air and ground rescue missions, said the Alpine Club Pakistan here on Sunday.

Gasherbrum-I (Hidden Peak) - Photo: Wikipedia

The mountaineers – team leader Austrian Gerfried Goschl, Swiss Cedric Hahlen – and their porter Nisar Hussain were attempting to climb GI in the winter, a challenge few dared to execute.

The concern for the missing mountaineers pushed celebrations of two Polish climbers Adam Bielecki and Janusz Golab into the back seat. The ascent by the two Poles was the first ever in the winter and that too without oxygen supply on March 9.

According to the Alpine Club, Askari Aviation that had planned to drop three local high-altitude porters – Hassan Sadpra, Ali Raza and M. Nazir – to the base camp had to abort their rescue mission because of bad weather.

Read details: Dawn
Related: Eight Thousanders of Pakistan

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