ISLAMABAD – Mountaineer Shehroze Kashif has become the youngest Pakistanito climb an 8000m mountain. Shehroze mounted the Broad Peak summit (8047 mor 26400ft) on July 15.
Located in the Karakoram mountain range, Broad Peak is the 12th highestmountain in the world and the fourth-highest in Pakistan. With thisachievement, the teenager also booked himself as the youngest Muslimclimber to have summited an 8000m mountain.
His father Kashif Abbas was jubilant on Shehroze’s achievement.
Speaking to Propakistani he said:
Shehroze started climbing at the age of just 12 from 3000m and took hispassion to the next stage by reaching 4 and then 6000 and now to 8000. Heis the youngest Pakistani to reach 8000 m especially since he is fromLahore not from the area where people born at 5000 m.
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Kashif admitted that it was a dangerous hobby for his young son and itdoesn’t usually attract a lot of media exposure. Despite the fact, he wasadamant to give Shehroze a chance to make history in the climbing sport.
He added that Shehroze will attempt to climb Mount Everest next year tobecome the youngest Pakistani mountaineer to summit the world’s highestmountain.
Currently, Samina Baig holds that record. She scaled Mount Everest at 21years of age.
