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Arab News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Pakistani Naila Kiani summits India's highest Kanchenjunga peak, poses with national flag
ISLAMABAD: Dubai-based Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani has scaled 8,586-meter-high Kanchenjunga, the tallest peak in India, her organizer said on Friday, as the climber posed with a Pakistani flag at the summit. Kiani has become the first Pakistani woman to scale 12 of the world's 14 peaks above the height of 8,000 meters, according to Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP), which arranges various expeditions. Kiani, who stands on the threshold of joining a global elite of only 17 women who have conquered all 14 eight-thousanders, reached the Kanchenjunga summit early Friday, the Imagine Nepal expedition organizer said. 'At around 7:00 AM NPT [Nepal time], our incredible team of 10 climbers successfully summited Kanchenjunga (8,586m) — the world's third-highest mountain,' Imagine Nepal said on Facebook. 'Naila Kiani reached the summit of Kanchenjunga at 6:30am local time, becoming Pakistan's leading female mountaineer with 12 eight-thousanders to her name,' Alpine Club of Pakistan quoted Dawa Futi Sherpa, operations director at Imagine Nepal, as saying. The Pakistani club said this was a 'monumental milestone' in the history of Pakistani mountaineering and a moment of immense national pride. 'From the towering heights of Everest and K2 to the perilous slopes of Annapurna and Lhotse, her journey tells a powerful story of grit, resilience and an unshakable will,' the ACP said. 'This is not just a personal achievement— it is a symbol of empowerment for women in sports, a beacon of hope and inspiration for Pakistan, and a proud moment for every mountaineering enthusiast.' Kiani has previously summited Mount Makalu (8,485m), Broad Peak (8,047 meters), Annapurna (8,091 meters), K2 (8,611 meters), Lhotse (8,516 meters), Gasherbrum 1 (8,068 meters), Gasherbrum II (8,035 meters), Nanga Parbat (8,125 meters), Mount Everest (8,849 meters), Manaslu (8,156 meters) and Cho Oyu (8,201 meters) mountains.
CBS News
12-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Woman dies trying to scale world's 3rd-highest mountain; another climber rescued
A 63-year-old French climber has died trying to scale the world's third-highest mountain, Kanchenjunga, the expedition's organizer said on Monday, while British media reported a U.K. climber on the same peak was rescued. Margareta Morin died above Camp 4 of the 28,169-foot Himalayan mountain on Saturday. "She died due to health complications while ascending," Yogendra Tamang of Peak 15 Adventure told AFP. "We are not yet able to bring back the body due to bad weather conditions." Meanwhile, British climber Adrian Michael Hayes was rescued during the same expedition, according to U.K. outlets including the Daily Mail and the Sun. Hayes was descending the mountain on Saturday when he reportedly began to suffer from altitude sickness, the outlets reported. Hayes was among a group of 10 climbers who had reached the summit, the Daily Mail reported. Kanchenjunga, the third-highest mountain after Mount Everest and K2, is regarded as one of the most technically demanding among the world's 8,000-meter peaks. It was the third death in the spring climbing season, which runs from April to early June. Last week, American climber Alexander Pancoe died while attempting Mount Makalu, the fifth-highest mountain in the world. Pancoe, an accomplished climber and graduate of Northwestern University, had survived a brain tumor when he was younger, CBS Chicago reported. An Austrian climber died while descending Nepal's 6,812-meter Ama Dablam last month. Mount Kanchenjunga in an undated file photo. Parvin Singh/ INDIAPICTURE/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of climbers every year during the spring and autumn climbing seasons. It has already issued over 1,000 permits for its mountains this season, including 75 for Kanchenjunga.
Express Tribune
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Four Pakistani mountaineers launch high-altitude missions in Nepal
Four of Pakistan's top high-altitude climbers have embarked on ambitious expeditions in Nepal, aiming to scale some of the world's tallest and most dangerous peaks this spring climbing season, including Everest, Dhaulagiri, and Kanchenjunga. Leading the charge is Sajid Ali Sadpara, son of the late legendary mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara, who is attempting to summit Dhaulagiri (8,167m), the seventh-highest mountain in the world. Sadpara reached base camp on April 6, completed his acclimatisation up to Camp 3, and is now awaiting a clear weather window for a summit push expected around May 9. He is adhering to Alpine style climbing — without supplementary oxygen or high-altitude porters. A successful climb would mark his ninth 8,000m+ summit under such conditions. His previous feats include K2, Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak, and both Gasherbrum I and II. Meanwhile, Naila Kiani, Pakistan's most decorated female mountaineer, has begun her approach to Kanchenjunga (8,586m), the world's third-highest mountain. Her trek to base camp is expected to span a week. Kiani has already summited 11 of the 14 highest peaks on Earth and remains the only Pakistani woman to do so. Joining her on Kanchenjunga is Sirbaz Khan, who on April 7 summited Annapurna (8,091m) without oxygen. With 13 eight-thousanders under his belt, Kanchenjunga represents the final peak in his bid to become the first Pakistani to climb all 14 of the world's 8,000m giants, mostly without oxygen. Also on the slopes is Wajidullah Nagri, who has reached Everest Base Camp as he prepares for his own summit attempt. Nagri has previously climbed five major Pakistani peaks, including K2 and Nanga Parbat. With all four climbers at pivotal points in their careers, this season could prove historic for Pakistani mountaineering on the world stage.
Hindustan Times
02-05-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
ITBP mountaineers scale world's 5th tallest peak Mt Makalu
New Delhi, A contingent of mountaineers from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police has scaled Mount Makalu, the world's fifth tallest peak located in Nepal, making it a first among the central armed police forces in the India. The China LAC guarding force said in a statement on Friday that the 8,485-metre peak was summitted on April 19. The exercise was part of a twin international expedition to Mount Makalu and Mount Annapurna in Nepal that was flagged off from Delhi on March 21, it said. Both peaks were being attempted for the first time by 12 mountaineers from the ITBP, led by deputy commandant Anoop Kumar Negi, adding to the "challenge and legacy" of the mission. The ITBP said in a statement that the Makalu team achieved 83 per cent success, with five climbers reaching the summit on April 19. The Annapurna team faced "extreme" weather, including a blizzard and whiteout conditions, and made a "courageous" push up to 7,940 metres, just 150 metres below the summit, before making a safe and responsible retreat on the same day, it said. The mountain-warfare trained force has conquered 229 peaks till now, including Mount Everest, Kanchenjunga, Dhaulagiri, Lhotse and Manaslu. The team that undertook the two expeditions collected 150 kg of non-biodegradable waste from higher camps and brought them down for disposal, the ITBP said. The expedition stood out as a milestone in ITBP's mountaineering legacy, showcasing courage, discipline and unmatched expertise in the harshest of conditions, the statement said. The about 90,000 personnel-strong ITBP primarily guards the 3,488 km India-China Line of Actual Control , apart from rendering a variety of duties in the internal security domain of the country. ITBP is a central armed police force under the Union home ministry. The other such forces are the CRPF, BSF, CISF and SSB.
National Geographic
18-03-2025
- National Geographic
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Carla Pérez can feel the difference when she crosses the invisible line that marks 8,300 meters, or roughly 27,000 feet, above sea level. 'Before that wall, you still have a lot of control over what you think and what you do,' she says. 'It's, like, normal—almost normal.' But when Pérez, 42, climbs higher, things change. 'You start to lose your control of your mind. You cannot talk very well—it's like you are drunk,' she explains. Her body responds sluggishly to her commands: Thoughts and movements materialize on an agonizing delay. And there is no reprieve from the cold or the deep exhaustion. 'It makes you feel very vulnerable,' Pérez says. 'You are dying, actually. I think you are very close to dead.' That's where the real test begins. Only five of the world's 14 8,000-meter peaks exceed 8,300 meters: Everest, K2, Makalu, Kanchenjunga, and Lhotse. Pérez, a trailblazing mountaineer from Ecuador, has so far summited the first three without the use of supplemental oxygen. And she plans to complete the set. Pérez was the first woman from the Americas to summit K2 without supplemental oxygen. She was the first woman from anywhere to summit K2 and Everest in the same year, and along the way became the first Latin American woman (and just the sixth woman ever) to summit Everest without oxygen. Climbing this way, without the support system that has helped make the highest peaks in the world achievable for generations of climbers, is her preferred challenge. Climbing called to her from an early age. Her father would take the family on day hikes in the Ecuadorian highlands—she still remembers her first summit, a volcano about half the size of her later achievements, at age four. Soon she was eyeing what she calls the 'white mountains,' the high, glaciated peaks. 'I didn't know that people climbed that,' she says. 'Coming from Ecuador, we didn't have the same culture of climbing, of mountaineering, or skiing … It was just a question mark in my head.' At 18 she received a scholarship to attend university in France—she chose Grenoble, on the edge of the Alps, and soon she was exploring new mountains with her classmates. 'The world started to open.'
