Sirbaz Khan
Sirbaz Khan is a Pakistani mountaineer.[1][2] He is the first Pakistani to summit 13 of the eight-thousanders, which comprise the world's 14 highest peaks.[3]
Career[edit]
In October 2017, Sirbaz Khan climbed the 8,126-metre (26,660 ft) tall Nanga Parbat — the ninth-tallest mountain in the world.
In July 2018, Sirbaz climbed the 8,611-metre (28,251 ft) tall K2 — the second-tallest mountain in the world.
In May 2019, Sirbaz became the first Pakistani to successfully summit the 8,516-metre (27,940-foot) high Mount Lhotse – the world’s 4th highest mountain - without using supplementary oxygen.[4]
In July 2019, Sirbaz climbed the summit of the 8,047-metre (26,401 ft) Broad Peak mountain in Pakistan, without using supplementary oxygen.[5]
In September 2019, Sirbaz became the first Pakistani to scale Mount Manaslu, the world's 8th highest peak, in Nepal.[6]
In April 2021, Sirbaz and Muhammad Abdul Joshi became the first Pakistanis to scale the 8,091-metre Annapurna peak in Nepal, the 10th highest mountain in the world.[7]
In May 2021, Sirbaz reached the summit of the world's highest peak Mount Everest, in Nepal.[8]
In July 2021, Sirbaz successfully climbed the 8,035-metre (26,362 ft) high Gasherbrum-II, the world's 13th-tallest peak.[9]
In October 2021, Sirbaz climbed the 8,167-metre (26,795 ft) high Dhaulagiri mountain in Nepal.[10]
In May 2022, Sirbaz climbed the world's 3rd-highest peak, Kanchenjunga, in Nepal.[11] Later in May, Sirbaz summited the 8,481-metre (27,825 ft) high Mount Makalu in Nepal, the world's 5th highest peak.[12]
In July 2022, Sirbaz climbed the 8,611-metre (28,251 ft) high K2 — the 2nd highest mountain in the world.[13]
In August 2022, Sirbaz successfully climbed the 8,080-metre (26,510 ft) high Gasherbrum-I, the 11th highest mountain in the world.[14][15]
In October 2023, Sirbaz summited the world’s sixth-highest peak, Cho Oyu (8,201 metres), in Tibet.[16] Later in October 2023, Sirbaz Khan and Naila Kiani called off their attempted ascent of Shishapangma peak in Tibet, after surviving an avalanche near its summit.[17][18]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan's journey from cook to ace climber". The Express Tribune. 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Scaling Beyond the Dangers". Hilal.
- ^ "Sirbaz Khan becomes 1st Pakistani to scale 13 peaks above 8,000m". The Express Tribune. 2 October 2023.
- ^ "Sirbaz makes history at world's 4th highest peak". Daily Times. 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Sirbaz Khan climbs world's 12th highest mountain". The News International. 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Sarbaz Khan climbed up the world's eighth highest peak". Bol News. 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Sirbaz, Joshi become first Pakistanis to summit Nepal's 'treacherous' Annapurna peak". Dawn. 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Pakistani mountaineer Sirbaz Khan summits Everest, 7 more 8,000ers to go". Dawn. 12 May 2021.
- ^ Benavides, Angela (18 July 2021). "Gasherbrum II Summits, Tough Going on Broad Peak » Explorersweb". Explorersweb.
- ^ "Sirbaz Khan becomes first Pakistani to scale 9 of world's 14 highest peaks". Dawn. 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Sirbaz Khan becomes first Pakistani to scale 10 of world's 14 highest peaks". Dawn. 7 May 2022.
- ^ Nagri, Jamil (28 May 2022). "Sirbaz Khan, Shehroze Kashif summit Nepal's Makalu in yet another feat". DAWN.
- ^ Jamal, Sana (July 22, 2022). "Samina Baig, Dubai-based Naila Kiani first Pakistani women to climb K2". Gulf News.
Pakistan's accomplished climbers Sohail Sakhi and Sirbaz Ali Khan also summited K2 along with the Dubai-based Pakistani climber Naila — who is known as the 'K2 Bride' as her love for mountains inspired her to have a small wedding celebration at the K2 base camp in 2018.
- ^ Lakhani, Faizan (August 12, 2022). "Pakistani mountaineer one step closer to summit all 14 8-thousanders". Geo News.
- ^ Nagri, Jamil (13 August 2022). "Six Pakistanis among eight summit Gasherbrum-I". DAWN.
- ^ Nagri, Jamil (3 October 2023). "Pakistani climbers summit Cho Oyu". DAWN.
- ^ Nagri, Jamil (8 October 2023). "Naila, Sirbaz survive Tibet avalanche". DAWN.
- ^ "Two bodies recovered from Shishapangma, Tenjen, Rzucidlo still missing". The Himalayan Times. 8 October 2023.