KARACHI
\nPakistan\u2019s renowned mountaineer Sajid Sadpara has made history as he scaled the world\u2019s highest peak Mount Everest without the support of supplemental oxygen and assistance from Sherpas, who are considered elite mountain climbers, on Sunday in Nepal.
\nHe is the first Pakistani to climb the world\u2019s high peak without the aid of supplemental oxygen.
\nSajid aims to climb all 14 eight-thousanders without the aid of supplemental oxygen. He has already summited K2 (8,611m), Gasherbrum-I (8,080m), and Gasherbrum-II (8,035m) in Pakistan, as well as Manaslu (8,163m) in Nepal, without supplemental oxygen. Sajid has fulfilled the wish of his late father Mohammad Ali Sadpara, who was a legendary mountaineer, by achieving such a feat.
\nIn a tweet, the legendary climber said: \u201cHistory has been made as 1st Pakistani to be on the top of Everest; Solo, without use of supplemental oxygen & personal sherpa assistance. It was dream of his father for Pakistan.\u201d
\nEarlier, Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani scaled Mount Everest, becoming the second woman from the country to summit the world\u2019s highest peak.
\nThe first female mountaineer from Pakistan to summit the peak is Samina Baig, who achieved the feat back in 2013.
\nOn Kiani\u2019s part, she added another feather to her cap as she became the first non-Nepalese climber to scale Mount Everest this mountaineering season.
\nAs per details, the mountaineer reached the pinnacle of the world\u2019s highest mountain, scaling up to 8,849 metres, at 8:02am on Sunday.
\nBesides, Kiani \u2014 a mother of two, a boxer, and a banker in Dubai \u2014 is the only Pakistani woman to scale five eight-thousanders \u2014 which now includes Mount Everest \u2014 incredibly within a span of two years. Before this, she climbed Annapurna I in Nepal, K2, Gasherbrum I and II.
\nShe is now aiming to scale 8,516m high Lhotse, the fourth tallest mountain in her current visit to Nepal. Kiani had first gained prominence in 2018 after the images of her wedding photoshoot at K2 Basecamp went viral on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI Pakistan\u2019s renowned mountaineer Sajid Sadpara has made history as he scaled the world\u2019s highest peak Mount Everest without the support of supplemental oxygen and assistance from Sherpas, who are considered elite mountain climbers, on Sunday in Nepal. He is the first Pakistani to climb the world\u2019s high peak without the aid of supplemental oxygen. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-331290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n