In yet another astounding feat, mountaineer Naila Kiani on Tuesday became the first Pakistani woman to scale the 8,516-metre-tall Mount Lhotse — the fourth-highest peak in the world — situated in Nepal.
With her latest expedition, Naila also became the country’s fastest woman to ascend six peaks higher than 8,000 metres.
As per the details, Naila and Pasang Temba Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Lahotsu at 8:13 am on Monday.
It was her third successful 8000-er summit this season after Mount Everest and Annapurna and came only two days after she conquered the world’s highest peak on Sunday.
She was the second female mountaineer from Pakistan to summit Everest after Samina Baig, who did so in 2013 at the age of 23.
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.
It is worth mentioning here that Naila is a banker by profession based in Dubai, an amateur boxer and a mother of two kids.
She first gained prominence after images of her wedding shoot at K2 Basecamp in 2018 circulated on social media.
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Mountaineer Naila Kiani on Sunday climbed the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, thus becoming the first Pakistani woman to scale five peaks above 8000 meters.
Naila also became the second female mountaineer from the country to summit Mount Everest after Samina Baig, who did so in 2013 at the age of 23.
According to the details, Naila successfully ascended the 8848-metre peak situated in Nepal on Sunday morning, scaling her fifth out of the 14 tallest peaks in the world.
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.
It is worth mentioning here that Naila is a banker by profession based in Dubai, an amateur boxer and a mother of two kids.
She first gained prominence after images of her wedding shoot at K2 Basecamp in 2018 circulated on social media.
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GILGIT: Young Pakistani climber Shehroze Kashif, who went missing along with a fellow mountaineer after reaching the summit of the Nanga Parbat yesterday has been found, confirmed his father.
Shehroze, who lost contact with the camp after reaching the summit, has been spotted while descending from the mountain.
Kashif Salman, the father of the young mountaineer, informed that he received an update of his son as he has been traced heading towards Camp 3 from Camp 4 on Nanga Parbat.
“He looks to be fine as we received an update today that he was on his way making a return,” he said.
He further claimed that Kashif and a fellow mountaineer were continuing their journey on their own and were not being rescued.
It is worth mentioning here that Shehroze became the youngest mountaineer to successfully summit Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest peak in the world, yesterday. Whereas, he already holds the record for being the youngest mountaineer to reach the summit of Mount Everest and K2.
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