Renowned mountaineer Mohammad Ali Sadpara climbs world's 5th highest peak Makalu
Renowned mountaineer Ali Sadpara has earned a feat for himself becoming the first Pakistani to have climbed 7 peaks over 8000 metres high in the world.
Renowned Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara has earned a feat for himself becoming the first Pakistani to have climbed 7 peaks over 8000 metres high in the world.
Born in Sadpara village near the town of Skardu, Mohammad Ali Sadpara, 43, climbed the Makalu peak in Nepal on May 24. Ali Sadpara reached Nepal for the Makalu expedition in the first week of April.
According to Karakoram Club, prior to Makalu, the brave mountaineer Mohammad Ali Sadpara summited Lhotse on May 17 which is the fourth highest mountain in the world.
The expedition was facilitated by Pakistan Army.
Makalu is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas, southeast of Mount Everest on the border between Nepal and China. It is an isolated peak whose shape is a four-sided pyramid.
He has climbed five, over 8,000 metres high peaks in Pakistan, including K2 (8,611m), Gasherbrum I(8,080m),Gasherbrum II (8,034m), Nanga Parbat (8,126m) and Broad Peak (8,051m).
Ali Sadpara is the first Pakistani to have climbed Nanga Parbat on Feb 26, 2016 with Alex Txikon of Spain and Simone Moro from Italy.
Sadpara revealed that mountain climbing is his passion without which he cannot live.
‘My kids sometimes request me to give up this career. I tell them that it’s my passion and I cannot live without it.’ Sadpara said.
