Pakistani climber summits highest peak in Antarctica
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Pakistani climber summits highest peak in Antarctica

January 19, 2025 1:34 am
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Pakistani mountaineer Asad Memon has summited the highest peak in Mount Vinson, Antarctica.

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Gilgit-Baltistan named a must-visit destination for 2025
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Gilgit-Baltistan named a must-visit destination for 2025

January 4, 2025 2:25 am
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Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan has been named among top 25 destinations worth visiting in 2025.

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Kaamya Karthikeyan is youngest girl to climb world’s seven highest peaks
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Kaamya Karthikeyan is youngest girl to climb world’s seven highest peaks

December 30, 2024 12:13 am
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A 12 class student Kaamya Karthikeyan from India has made history by becoming the youngest female in the world to scale seven highest peaks across seven continents.

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Pakistani Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan becomes first to conquer all 14 of world’s 8000-metre peaks
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Pakistani Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan becomes first to conquer all 14 of world’s 8000-metre peaks

October 5, 2024 1:10 am
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Historic Achievement Puts Khan Among Global Elite of High-Altitude Climbers Mountaineer from Pakistan’s Hunza Valley Sirbaz Khan has become the first Pakistani to scale all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks, a remarkable achievement accomplished by only a select group of elite climbers worldwide. Khan completed his historic feat on

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French climber summits K2 in just 11 hours
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French climber summits K2 in just 11 hours

July 29, 2024 1:46 pm
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French climber Benjamin Vedrines summited K2 peak in record time a day ago without the support of oxygen. He reached the top of the world’s second-highest mountain in just under 11 hours. Read more: Two Japanese climbers fell while trying to summit K2 Vedrines attempted the summit in 2022 but was forced

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Two Japanese climbers fell while trying to summit K2
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Two Japanese climbers fell while trying to summit K2

July 29, 2024 12:06 am
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Two Japanese mountain climbers, Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima, fell from a height of 7,500 metres on Pakistan’s K2 and officials have reported no sign of movement from the site. “Upon close inspection, the bodies of the two climbers were spotted, and it was determined that there was no movement.

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Polish aviators make history flying over K2
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Polish aviators make history flying over K2

July 26, 2024 1:31 pm
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Polish aviators Sebastian Piotr Kawa and Sebastian Lampart created history by being the first to glide over, the world’s second-highest mountain K2 at 8,611 meters. Moreover, from Skardu airfield, the pair skillfully piloted their Ash25 glider, which was fitted simply with oxygen and a small backup engine. Read More: Sepoy Soban

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Pakistan Army rescues three foreign mountaineers on K2
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Pakistan Army rescues three foreign mountaineers on K2

July 24, 2024 10:02 pm
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WEB DESK: The Pakistan Army successfully rescued three foreign mountaineers who became stranded while attempting to scale K2, the world’s second-highest peak, Geo News reported on Wednesday. The climbers, from the Netherlands, Singapore, and Ecuador, had embarked on the challenging ascent of K2, known as the Savage Mountain due to

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Japanese climber dies after falling into crevasse on Golden peak
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Japanese climber dies after falling into crevasse on Golden peak

July 4, 2024 4:20 am
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WEB DESK: Tragedy struck again on Spantik Peak, also known as Golden Peak, in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan district Nagar region as Japanese climber Onishi Hiroshi, 64, fell into a crevasse and lost his life. Deputy Commissioner Nager, Attaur Rehman Kakar, confirmed the incident, stating that Hiroshi was part of a four-member

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Missing Japanese climbers spotted in Pakistan’s northern mountains
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Missing Japanese climbers spotted in Pakistan’s northern mountains

June 14, 2024 8:15 pm
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ISLAMABAD: Two missing Japanese climbers were sighted by helicopter on Thursday in Pakistan’s northern mountains, known for towering peaks, though their condition remains uncertain, a tour operator confirmed. Ryuseki Hiraoka and Atsushi Taguchi were attempting to conquer the 7,027-metre (23,054-foot) Spantik mountain in the Karakoram range before losing contact. “The rescuers

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