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Young Pakistani Mountaineer, Sirbaz Khan summits Mount Everest at 8,848 meters

Young Pakistani mountaineer, Sirbaz Khan has climbed successfully Mount Everest at 8,848 meters.

Pakistan’s ace mountaineer, Sirbaz Khan has climbed successfully Mount Everest at 8,848 meters. This is Sirbaz Khan's 7×8000m Mountain. Sirbaz has summited 2×8000m peaks in the last 26 days.

The 32 years old climber Sirbaz Khan, who hails from Aliabad, Hunza began his profession to climbing career in 2016 and credits Nazir Sabir (the first Pakistani to climb the Everest) and Ashraf Aman (the first Pakistani to reach the summit of K2) as his inspiration.

In 2019, Sirbaz became the first Pakistani to summit Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest mountain at 8,516m in Nepal without the use of supplementary oxygen. His other 8,000m summits include K2, Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak ,Manaslu and Anapurna.

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On four of his 8,000m peaks expeditions, Khan had accompanied Muhammad Ali Sadpara. Their last expedition together was in Nepal to Manaslu.

He is aiming to become the first Pakistani to climb all 14 x8000.

List of Sirbaz Khan’s Summits:

  • Nanga Parbat 8125-M 2017
  • K2 8611-M 2018
  • Broad Peak 8047-M 2019
  • Manaslu 8163-M 2019
  • Lhotse Peak 8516-M 2019
  • Anapurna 8091- M 2021
  • Everest 8848 – M 2021

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