Shehroz Kashif becomes youngest climber to summit Nanga Parbat

News Desk

ISLAMABAD: Mountaineer Shehroz Kashif made the nation proud when on Tuesday he summited Nanga Parbat (8,126m), becoming the youngest climber to scale the world’s ninth highest mountain.

The 20-year-old Shehroz, who is also known as the Broad Boy, has now ascended eight mountains above 8,000 metres.

He was accompanied by Fazal Ali from Shimshal. The mountaineer, who aims to reach atop the world’s all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres, took to Twitter to announce his feat stating that he had submitted Nanga Parbat at 8:45 am on Tuesday. The Lahore-born climber became the world’s youngest mountaineer to ascend K2 on July 27 last year. He also became the youngest Pakistani to scale Everest on May 11 of the same year.

“Congratulations, Shehroz Kashif. We are proud of you. You made another world record by scaling the Nanga Parbat,” Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) Secretary Karrar Haidri said.

“Our prayers and support for you. May Allah Almighty help you achieve your desired target,” he added.

Only 44 people in history have summited all the 14 peaks.  Five of the 14 above 8,000m peaks in the world, including the world’s second-highest peak K2 (8,611m), Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I (8,080m), Broad Peak (8,051m), Gasherbrum II (8,035m) are located in Pakistan.