PESHAWAR
\nIn a breathless triumph, the Pakistani mountaineer Sirbaz Khan from Hunza on Friday climbed the final highest eight-thousander, Shishapangma in China, and raised the green flag for the first time.
\nSirbaz Khan has become the first Pakistani who had successfully climbed all of the 14 eight-thousanders peaks in the world, said Sherbaz Khan, a family friend of the mountaineer.
\nSirbaz Khan who belongs to Aliabad area of Hunza valley in Gilgit-Balitstan had previously climbed 13 mountains out of 14 mountains higher than 8000 meters in the world and now he would be the first Pakistani to do this feat.
\nIt is pertinent to mention here that Shishapangma was the 14th-highest mountain in the world, at 8,027 metres i.e. 26,335 ft above sea level and located entirely within Tibet. In 1964, it became the final eight-thousander to be climbed.
\nIn the world of mountaineering, it was considered a great honor to climb all the mountains above 8000 meters and this feat had been achieved by 41 mountaineers from all over the world so far.
\nSirbaz Khan climbed Nanga Parbat in October 2017, K2 in July 2018, Lhotse in May 2019, Broad peak in July 2019, Manaslu in September 2019, Annapurna in April 2021, Mount Everest in May 2021, Gasherbrum II in July 2021, Dhaulagiri I in October 2021, Kangchenjunga in May 2022, Makalu in July 2022, Gasherbrum I in August, 2022 and Cho Oyu in October 2023.
\nIn a message received here, Sirbaz dedicated his achievement to the memory of late Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara. Starting his climbing career in 2016, Sirbaz was known to be a focused and talented climber.
\nEarlier in 2019, Sirbaz also made history by becoming the first Pakistani to summit the world\u2019s fourth highest peak Mount Lhotse (8516m) in Nepal without the use of supplementary oxygen.
\nBelieving in the spirit of volunteerism, Sirbaz had actively participated in different volunteer services organised by the Agha Khan Youth and Sports Board for Pakistan.
\nAn exemplary human-being Sirbaz continues on his journey to complete all 14 peaks as the world watches with anticipation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR In a breathless triumph, the Pakistani mountaineer Sirbaz Khan from Hunza on Friday climbed the final highest eight-thousander, Shishapangma in China, and raised the green flag for the first time. Sirbaz Khan has become the first Pakistani who had successfully climbed all of the 14 eight-thousanders peaks in the world, said Sherbaz Khan, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-435444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n