{"id":15849,"date":"2022-07-22T07:18:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=15849"},"modified":"2022-07-22T07:18:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:18:04","slug":"samina-baig-becomes-first-pakistani-woman-mountaineer-to-summit-k2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=15849&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Samina Baig becomes first Pakistani woman mountaineer to summit K2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistani female mountaineers created history on Friday morning by achieving what no other woman from the country has done before \u2013 reaching the top of the 2nd highest peak of the world \u2013 8611m high K2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 7:40am Pakistan time, Samina Baig summited the mighty K2 along with her team members and became the first ever Pakistani woman to scale the K2. Less than three hours after Samina\u2019s summit, Naila Kiani reached the top \u2013 becoming the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No other Pakistani woman has achieved this feat before.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other climbers from various countries, including female climbers from Oman, Lebanon, Iran, and Taiwan, also summited the peak on Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit push started late last night as soon as rope fixing teams completed their jobs and the first group reached K2 at around 3:00am in the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s 31-year-old climber, Samina Baig\u2019s team confirmed that she \u2013 along with other Pakistani mountaineers \u2013 summitted at 7:42am PKT on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely proud to announce that Samina Baig, with her strong Pakistani team, successfully summited the world\u2019s most fascinating and dangerous mountain, known as Savage Mountain, the world\u2019s second and Pakistan\u2019s tallest mountain, K2, at 8611 metres this morning at 7:42am,\u201d said the statement by Samina\u2019s team at ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGrateful and blessed that K2 allowed her to stand atop this incredible mountain,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samina Baig comes from the remote village of Gilgit Valley, Shimshal. Earlier in 2013, she became the first Pakistani woman to scale the world\u2019s highest peak, Mount Everest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other members to climb with Samina include Eid Muhammad, Bulbul Karim, Ahmed Baig, Rizwan Dad, Waqar Ali and Akber Hussain Sadpara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than three hours after Samina\u2019s feat, Pakistan\u2019s other climber, Naila Kiani, reached the top of K2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes, Allhamdolillah,\u201d Naila texted this correspondent via satellite communication device, confirming her summit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated Samina Baig and the team on accomplishing the feat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ur\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0646\u06c1\u0648\u06ba \u0646\u06d2 \u062b\u0627\u0628\u062a \u06a9\u06cc\u0627 \u06c1\u06d2 \u06a9\u06c1 \u067e\u0627\u06a9\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u062e\u0648\u0627\u062a\u06cc\u0646 \u06a9\u0648\u06c1 \u067e\u06cc\u0645\u0627\u0626\u06cc \u06a9\u06d2 \u0635\u0628\u0631 \u0622\u0632\u0645\u0627 \u06a9\u06be\u06cc\u0644 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0645\u0631\u062f\u0648\u06ba \u0633\u06d2 \u067e\u06cc\u0686\u06be\u06d2 \u0646\u06c1\u06cc\u06ba\u06d4 \u0627\u0645\u06cc\u062f \u06c1\u06d2 \u062b\u0645\u06cc\u0646\u06c1 \u0628\u06cc\u06af \u062f\u0646\u06cc\u0627 \u0628\u06be\u0631 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u067e\u0627\u06a9\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0627 \u067e\u0631\u0686\u0645 \u0627\u0633\u06cc \u062c\u0630\u0628\u06d2 \u0633\u06d2 \u0644\u06c1\u0631\u0627\u062a\u06cc \u0631\u06c1\u06cc\u06ba \u06af\u06cc\u06d4<\/p>\u2014 Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMShehbaz\/status\/1550364612645867520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Samina Baig, the first Pakistani woman mountaineer to reach the summit of the world\u2019s second highest peak, \u2018K2,\u2019 and her family on their accomplishment. Samina Baig has emerged as a symbol of Pakistani women\u2019s determination, courage, and bravery,\u201d said the PM in tweet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s Sohail Sakhi and Sirbaz Ali Khan also summited K2 along with Naila.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 50 climbers completed their summits of K2 on Friday morning, and this also included Norway\u2019s Kristin Harlia, who reached the top of K2 between 2:30am and 4:00am and has since then returned to safe camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"15851\" src=\"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/429102_1920141_updates.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/429102_1920141_updates.webp 700w, https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/429102_1920141_updates-300x171.webp 300w, https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/429102_1920141_updates-380x217.webp 380w, https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/429102_1920141_updates-550x314.webp 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kristin Harilia is aiming to summit all 14 8000ers in six months. This was her 8th such summit in less than 3 months. If she gets success, she will be the first woman in world to summit all the world\u2019s top peaks in one season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was joined by the USA\u2019s Kristin A. Bennett, Norway\u2019s Frank Loke and Canada\u2019s Liliya Ianovskia. They were supported by a team of mountain guides that included Pakistan\u2019s Fida Ali along with Nepal\u2019s Pema Chhiring Sherpa, Dawa Ongju Sherpa, Pemba Tasi Sherpa, Dawa Dorchi Sherpa, Dawa Wongju Sherpa, and Pemba Dorchee Sherpa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another development, 29-year-old Tseng Ko-Erh, who is also known as Grace Tseng, summited the mountain without using supplementary oxygen and has become the youngest female in the world to do so. She is also the first Taiwanese woman to stand atop K2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her expedition organisers announced that their 3-member team had just made it to the top of the world\u2019s 2nd highest mountain. They reached the summit of Mount K2 (8611 m) at 7:35 am Pakistani time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two other members of the team were Nima Gyalzen Sherpa and Ningma Dorje Tamang of Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran\u2019s Afsane Hesamifard and Oman\u2019s Nadhira Alharthy became the first ever female climbers from their respective countries to summit the K2. They were part of the seven summit trek team and reached the top just a few hours after the rope fixing. The team also included a Chinese female climber, He Jing, who summited the mountain without supplementary oxygen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other members of the seven summit team included Poland\u2019s Monika Witkowska, Russia\u2019s Vladimir Kotlyar, and Nepal\u2019s Mingtemba Sherpa, Pasang Sherpa, Fura Tshering Sherpa, and Ngima Sherpa.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another group to summit K2 on Friday morning, Nelly Attar \u2013 an Arab Lebanese woman \u2013 successfully scaled the K2. She was accompanied by America\u2019s Terray Ellington\u00a0Sylvester, Argentina\u2019s Claudio Cocho Javier and Estonia\u2019s Krisli Melesk.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with them, Pakistan\u2019s Inayat Ali also climbed K2. Nepali Aang Phurba Sherpa, Siddhi Bahadur Tamang, Dorji Gyljen Sherpa, Kamdorji Sherpa, Lakhpa Wongchu Sherpa, Mingdongji Sherpa, Lakpa Bhote, Rinji Sherpa, Temba Sherpa and Lakpa Sherpa \u2013 who all were part of Madison Mountaineering \u2013 also summited K2 in the early morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News Pakistani female mountaineers created history on Friday morning by achieving what no other&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,71,38,46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-important-news","8":"category-latest-news","9":"category-pakistan","10":"category-sports","11":"cs-entry","12":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15855,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15849\/revisions\/15855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}