ISLAMABAD: The Alpine Club of Pakistan said on Tuesday a 19-year-old Pakistani had become the youngest person in the world to scale K2, the world’s second tallest peak.
In January this year, a team of climbers from Nepal become the first mountaineers in history to successfully complete a winter attempt on the summit of K2. Located on the Pakistan China border, K2 was the only mountain over 8,000 meters that had not been summitted in the winter.
“Good News! Received the confirmation from K2 Base Camp,” Karrar Haidri, the secretary of the Alpine Club, said in a statement. “That Shehroze Kashif has summited K2 8611-M.”
It’s a “new world record,” Haidri said: “Youngest In The World to stand on top of K2 8611-M at the age of 19 years.”
First climbed in 1954 by Italian Achille Compagnoni, K2 is notorious for its sleep slopes and high winds, and in winter its surface becomes slick ice.
Of the 367 people that had completed its ascent by 2018, 86 had died. The Pakistani military is regularly called in to rescue climbers using helicopters, but the weather often makes that difficult.
In February this year, during the winter ascent of K2, Pakistan’s famed climber Muhammad Ali Sadpara, 45, John Snorri, 47, of Iceland, and Juan Pablo Mohr, 33, of Chile, went missing at what is considered the most difficult part of the climb: the Bottleneck, a steep and narrow gully just 300 meters shy of the 8,611 meter (28,251 ft) high K2.
On Monday, the Alpine Club said the bodies of the three climbers had been found.
“The dead bodies of Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri, Juan Pablo Mohr found near the bottleneck of K2 8611-M,” Haidri said in a statement. “It is very difficult to bring the dead bodies down from the high altitude. Army Aviation is helping in this regard.”
Snorri’s body will be moved to Iceland as requested by his wife, Haidri said. The mother and sister of Mohr had already decided to bring back the body to their country, he added.
19-year-old Pakistani becomes youngest in the world to scale K2 — Alpine Club
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19-year-old Pakistani becomes youngest in the world to scale K2 — Alpine Club
- Shehroze Kashif sets “new world record,” Alpine Club says
- Of 367 people that had completed K2 ascent by 2018, 86 had died
Pakistan deploys survey ship on joint marine research mission with China
- The joint oceanographic cruise aims to deepen understanding of Pakistan’s marine environment
- Research will improve understanding of coastal dynamics to support better maritime planning
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s navy on Tuesday announced deployment of a survey vessel named “Behr Masah” to support a joint Pakistan–China oceanographic cruise aimed at promoting marine research.
The oceanographic cruise represents scientific collaboration between Pakistan and China that focuses on enhancing understanding of the marine environment in Pakistani waters, according to Pakistan Navy.
The mission exemplifies a continued cooperative partnership between the two countries and will contribute to broader regional understanding of oceanographic conditions in the North Arabian Sea.
“The research outcomes are expected to increase awareness of coastal and offshore marine dynamics, enabling better assessment of environmental patterns and supporting informed maritime planning and policymaking,” Pakistan Navy said in a statement.
Pakistan and Chinese navies have worked closely through joint exercises, training and research initiatives to enhance maritime security, operational coordination and regional marine science.
Pakistan’s government also signed an agreement with China in 2015 for the acquisition of eight Hangor-class submarines. In December last year, Pakistan’s navy launched the fourth Hangor-class submarine named “Ghazi” at a Chinese shipyard in Wuhan.
