Pakistan’s Ali Sadpara among first person to ascent Nanga Parbat in winter.

Nanga Parbat is situated in western Himalayan in Gilgit Baltistan. Due to its immense difficulty it is called as the “killer mountain”. This mountain has taken many lives of the mountaineers.

Four mountaineers started their journey to set the world record for the first winter ascent of the Nanga Parbat. Mr. Simon Moro from Italy, Mr. Alex Txikon from Spain, Miss Tamara and Mr Mohammad Ali Sadpara grouped together to ascent the killer mountain.

On 26th February, 2016 three of the four mountaineers successfully climbed the Nanga Parbat and recorded their name as the first persons to ascent Nanga Parbat in winter.

Press conference was held here in Islamabad Sports complex to honor these mountaineers.  Mr Colonel Manzoor briefed about the Nanga Parbat and the journey of the three mountaineers. He lauded the mountaineers, specially Ali Sadpara for making the country proud. He thanked the foreign mountaineers for choosing Pakistan for their ascent.

Talking to the media, Mr Simon Moore said that he enjoyed his stay at Pakistan. He said it wasn’t easy to climb the mountain.

He said, “Mountaineering is not a competition; no one wins a trophy or anything. We do it because we love to do it. You are lucky to have these vas mountain ranges in your own country. We don’t have such mountains in Italy or Europe”

He also said that Pakistan should start investing on tourism and for the promotion of it. He declared Pakistan as one of the beautiful places of the world and felt complete safe here.

Mr Alex Texikon talking to the Media said, “I felt more safe here than anywhere in Madrid, Barcelona or Italy or anywhere else.”

Mr Alex Texikin thanked Pakistanis and Alpine Club of Pakistan for their hospitality.

Miss Tamara was the only girl in the team. Unfortunately she was not able to complete the ascent as he felt ill. She was very close to the top but she couldn’t finish it.

“I was very disappointed, my muscles felt very bad. It came in to my mind that if I go on the top I will not be able to go home. So, I had to stop just few hundred meters below.” She said.

Mr Ali Sadpara while talking to the media said that it was a very hard fight with the mountain. I was not at all easy. Our feet started to freeze.

“My journey of mountaineering was not easy. I lost many colleagues during my career. I have experienced the pain of frost bite many times. This victory is all due to the hard work of my 12 year long climbing and mountaineering experience.” He said.

Ali Sadpara thanked the Alpine club for showing confidence in him. He also lauded the support from his foreign team members.