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 expresses solidarity with Australia as gunmen kill at least 12 in Bondi Beach shooting
- Gunmen targeted people gathered at Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach to celebrate Jewish Hannukah festival
- Pakistan, itself a victim of “terrorism,” condemns violence against innocent civilians, says President Zardari
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari expressed solidarity with Australia on Sunday as gunmen killed at least 12 people and wounded a dozen others in the Bondi Beach shooting that targeted the Jewish community in the country.
New South Wales (NSW) police said two people had been taken into custody, and the Australian Broadcasting Corp. said one of at least two gunmen was among those killed. Around a dozen people were taken to local hospitals after the shooting, an NSW ambulance spokesperson said.
The attackers targeted a large group gathered at the northern end of Sydney’s Bondi Beach, near or at Bondi Park playground, as per news reports, when the attack happened. Gunmen attacked people who were there to celebrate an event related to the Jewish festival of Hannukah.
“President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed sorrow over the tragic shooting in Sydney, conveyed condolences to the victims’ families & wished the injured a speedy recovery,” the president of Pakistan’s official account on X wrote.
“Pakistan itself a victim of terrorism, stands in solidarity with & condemns violence against innocent civilians.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also condemned the Sydney attack, expressing condolences with victims of the incident.
“Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” he wrote on X.
As per international media reports, one of the gunmen has been identified as Naveed Akram from Bonnyrigg in Sydney’s southwest. His country of origin remains unclear.
One of the world’s most famous beaches, Bondi is typically crowded with locals and tourists, especially on warm weekend evenings.
Videos circulating on X appeared to show people on the beach and nearby park scattering as multiple gunshots and police sirens could be heard. One video showed a man dressed in a black shirt firing a large weapon before being tackled by a man in a white T-shirt who wrestled his weapon off him. A different man was seen firing a weapon from a pedestrian bridge.
Another video showed two men pressed onto the ground by uniformed police on a small pedestrian bridge. Officers could be seen trying to resuscitate one of the men. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage.
The attack came almost exactly 11 years after a lone gunman took 18 people hostage at the Lindt Cafe in Sydney. Two hostages and the gunman were killed after a 16-hour standoff.
