Gilgit: The Pakistani mountaineer Sirbaz Khan has successfully accumulated Annapurna peak in Nepal without using supplementary oxygen.
His brother, Shahbaz Khan confirmed that the 38 -year -old climber arrived at the Summit of Annapurna, the tenth highest peak in the world, at approximately 10:50 am PST on Monday.
Mr. Khan is the first Pakistani climber to have singing at the 14 mountains with a height of more than 8,000 m in the world.
He is also the first Pakistani in climbing 13 of them in Alpine style, without oxygen support, according to Karrar Haidri, the secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan.
EVEST has climbed, K2, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Nanga Parbat, Annapurna-I, Gasherbrum-I, Gasherbrum-II, Broad Peak and Shishapangma.
The only remaining peak for Mr. Khan to complete the list is Kanchenjunga (8,586m), the third highest mountain in the world, located in Nepal.
It was part of the Imagine Nepal Expedition team.
Mingma G, owner of the team, said Sunrise that Mr. Khan was at a solo summit without the support of oxygen and goalkeepers.
He said Khan descended to camp 3 of the peak and hoped to reach the base camp today (Tuesday).
Mr. Khan began his summit in Annapurna on March 27.
In 2019, it became the first Pakistani at the Mount Lhotse summit, the fourth highest mountain in Nepal, without the use of supplementary oxygen.
Khan, who comes from Gilgit Baltistan, also has three successful K2 promotions to his credit.
Posted in Dawn, April 8, 2025
