Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan on Friday became the first Pakistani to climb nine of the world’s highest 14 peaks after he scaled the 8,167-metre-high Dhaulagiri mountain in Nepal. Each of these peaks has a height of more than 8,000 metres.
Dawn.com quoted Alpine Club of Pakistan Secretary Karrar Haidri as saying that Sirbaz was part of the 19-member ‘SST-Dhaulagiri I Expd. 2021 Autumn’ expedition organised by trekking company Seven Summits Trek.
According to Seven Summit Trek officials, the climbers summited the world’s seventh highest peak on Friday morning, with Sirbaz raising Pakistan’s national flag upon reaching the mountain’s top.
Dhaulagiri, which forms part of the Himalayas mountain range, is widely known as one of the hardest peaks to climb due to its steep sides and bitterly cold climate.
As Sirbaz achieved the feat, congratulations poured in for him.
Sajid Ali Sadpara, the son of legendary mountaineer late Mohammad Ali Sadpara and a climber himself, tweeted: "Lots of congratulations to Sirbaz Khan to climb Dhaulagiri. After climbing Daulaghiri he is the first Pakistani to summit nine 8000 mountains.”
