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Pakistani mountaineer and Karachi Kings’ Adventure Ambassador Asad Ali Memon became the first person from Sindh province to scale Mount Everest – the world’s highest peak – located in Nepal. 

Memon conquered the 8849-metre-tall peak on Friday at 7:51 AM (PST) and became one of the four Pakistanis to successfully summit Everest this season after Sajid Sadpara, Naila Kiani and Nadia Azad.

Taking to Instagram, the mountaineer shared details of his ascent along with a photo in which he could be seen standing at Everest’s pinnacle holding the country’s flag.

 

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Karachi Kings and ARY Digital Networks congratulated Memon on his astounding feat.

“We congratulate Asad for his exceptional resolve and sportsmanship and wish him well for future,” wrote ARY in a social media post.

On May 19 2023, @KarachiKingsARY Adventure Ambassador @asadmnpak became one of the few Pakistanis and the only mountaineer from Sindh province to have summited #MountEverest. We congratulate Asad for his exceptional resolve and sportsmanship and wish him well for future. pic.twitter.com/A9Gb72GFy2

— ARY NEWS (@ARYNEWSOFFICIAL) May 22, 2023

The 24-year-old, also a student at a private university in Karachi, aims to summit seven highest peaks in seven different continents of the world.

He is currently the youngest Pakistani to have climbed the highest peak outside Asia, Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, and the highest European peak Mount Elbrus in Russia.

Last year, he ascended Mount Denali, North America’s highest mountain.

The young mountaineer also holds the record of becoming the first Asian and Pakistani to climb the 16,893 feet Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in less than 24 hours in the year 2021.

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Sajid Ali Sadpara created history for Pakistan as he became the first mountaineer from the country to scale the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, without the help of high-altitude porters and supplemental oxygen.

Sadpara, son of the late legendary climber Muhammad Ali Sadpara, summited the 8848-metre peak situated in Nepal on Sunday in Alpine style – the type of ascent, where climbers are not supported by local porters from base camp to the summit.

It was his fifth such summit as he has already ascended K2 (8,611m), Gasherbrum-I (8,080m) and Gasherbrum-II (8,035m), in Pakistan and Manaslu (8,163m) in Nepal without supplemental oxygen.

💥Sajid Sadpara has summited Mt Everest 💥
History has been made as 1st Pakistani to be on the top of Everest; Solo, without use of supplemental oxygen & personal sherpa assistance.
It was dream of his father for 🇵🇰
Pure alpinist #Everest2023 pic.twitter.com/lsJ9e651fG

— Sajid Ali Sadpara (@sajid_sadpara) May 14, 2023

Sadapara aims to climb all 14 eight-thousander mountains without supplemental oxygen.

His father Ali Sadpara lost his life along with Iceland’s John Snorri and Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohrra while attempting to summit the K2 during the winter season in 2021.

Earlier, another Pakistani climber Naila Kiani successfully reached the peak of Mount Everest on Sunday, becoming only the second female mountaineer from the country to do so.

Naila, a Dubai-based Banker by profession and a mother of two, also became the first Pakistani woman to scale five peaks above 8000 meters.

Last month, she had scaled Annapurna Mountain (8,091 metres) – the 10th highest peak in the world also located in Nepal – to become the first female from the country to do so.

She also ascended Gasherbrum-II (8,035m) in 2021 and climbed Gasherbrum-I (8,068m) and the world’s second-highest peak K2 in July 2022.

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