Pakistani mountaineer Sajid Ali Sadpara made history on Saturday by becoming the first Pakistani to successfully climb Nepal’s 8,091-meter-tall Annapurna mountain without the aid of high-altitude porters or supplemental oxygen.
Sadpara’s recent ascent of the world’s 10th-highest peak was part of the Seven Summits Treks’ Annapurna Expedition 2023.
Kathmandu-based commercial adventure operator Seven Summit Treks congratulated Sadpara on his achievement in an Instagram post. Additionally, Alpine Club of Pakistan Secretary Karar Haidri and Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khursheed Khan extended their congratulations in a statement and on Twitter, respectively.
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In a tweet posted on Friday, it was mentioned that Sadpara was at Annapurna’s camp four, accompanied by the rope-fixing team of Seven Trek’s summit. Last month, Sadpara arrived in Nepal to summit three of the world’s highest mountains in Alpine style without supplemental oxygen.
Sadpara had planned to climb Kangchenjunga (8,586m), Dhaulagiri (8,167m), and Makalu (8,481m) peaks, a mission expected to take three months. However, the young mountaineer had previously expressed that accomplishing his goal of summiting all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters without supplemental oxygen would fulfill his father’s dream.
In April 2021, Sirbaz Khan and Muhammad Abdul Joshi became the first Pakistanis to summit Annapurna but utilized supplemental oxygen and did not climb in Alpine style. Sadpara has already climbed K2 (8,611m), Gasherbrum-I (8,080m), Gasherbrum-II (8,035m) in Pakistan, and Manaslu (8,163m) in Nepal without supplemental oxygen.
