One Pakistani, and two UK climbers summit K2

GILGIT: On Sunday, the summit of K2 was reached by three climbers: Mohammad Hussain from Skardu, Paul Etherdge, and Peter from the UK (8,611). According to Sakhawat Hussain of Summit Karakoram, the three-person crew summited the world’s second-highest peak around 8:20 am. In the first summit attempt of this summer, 148 climbers have thus far reached the summit of Savage Mountain. A Pakistani base camp guide named Mohammad Abbas told Dawn that while most climbers who conquered K2 made it back to base camp safely, several had to give up their ascents midway for a variety of reasons, and the remaining climbers would begin their ascents from base camp on Sunday night. On Sunday, the summit of K2 was reached by three climbers: Mohammad Hussain from Skardu, Paul Etherdge, and Peter from the UK (8,611). According to Sakhawat Hussain of Summit Karakoram, the three-person crew summited the world’s second-highest peak around 8:20 am. In the first summit attempt of this summer, 148 climbers have thus far reached the summit of Savage Mountain. A Pakistani base camp guide named Mohammad Abbas told Dawn that while most climbers who conquered K2 made it back to base camp safely, several had to give up their ascents midway for a variety of reasons, and the remaining climbers would begin their ascents from base camp on Sunday night. As Dawa Yangzum finished her ninth 8,000-meter peak, she became the first and only Nepalese woman to summit Broad Peak. She said on a social media page that she was frequently questioned about her continued pursuit of an ascent of the eight-thousanders. “I suppose that climbing has been a way of life for me and that it has transformed everything for where I am today. And I go,” she continued. The fourth person from Nepal to summit Mount Everest, Minga G., announced on social media that all Imagine Nepal team members had returned to base camp safely. Abid Asad Sadpara was one of the select few climbers who reached the summit of K2 this year without needing bottled oxygen, according to Sajid Ali Sadpara, the famed mountaineer’s son. He expressed his happiness at seeing a member of the Sadpara family ascend the formidable K2 this year. He continued, “Abid is my late, dear father Ali Sadpara’s nephew.