Sirbaz Khan[1] is a Pakistani mountaineer.[2] He is the first Pakistani to summit 13 of the eight-thousanders, which comprise the world's 14 highest peaks.[3]

Sirbaz Khan's official website: https://sirbaz.com

Career

In October 2017, Sirbaz Khan climbed the 8,126-metre (26,660 ft) tall Nanga Parbat — the ninth-tallest mountain in the world.

In July 2018, Sirbaz Khan climbed the 8,611-metre (28,251 ft) tall K2 — the second-tallest mountain in the world.

In May 2019, Sirbaz Khan became the first Pakistani to successfully summit the 8,516-metre (27,940-foot) tall Mount Lhotse – the world’s 4th highest mountain - without using supplementary oxygen.[4]

In July 2019, Sirbaz Khan climbed the summit of the 8,047-metre (26,401 ft) Broad Peak mountain in Pakistan, without using supplementary oxygen.[5]

In September 2019, Sirbaz Khan became the first Pakistani to scale Manaslu, the world's 8th highest peak, in Nepal.[6]

In April 2021, Sirbaz Khan and Abdul Joshi were the first Pakistanis to scale Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain in the world.[7]

In May 2021, Sirbaz Khan reached the summit of the world's tallest mountain, Mount Everest, in Nepal.[8]

In July 2021, Sirbaz Khan successfully climbed the 8,035-metre (26,362 ft) high Gasherbrum-II, the world's 13th-tallest peak.[1]

In October 2021, Sirbaz Khan climbed Dhaulagiri, an 8,167-metre (26,795 ft) tall mountain located in Nepal that is the 7th-tallest on earth.[9]

In May 2022, Sirbaz Khan climbed the world's 3rd-highest peak, Kanchenjunga, in Nepal.[3] Later in May, Sirbaz summited the 8,481-metre (27,825 ft) Mount Makalu in Nepal, the world's 5th highest peak.[10]

In July 2022, Sirbaz Khan for the 2nd time climbed the 8,611-metre (28,251 ft) tall K2 — the second-tallest mountain in the world.[11]

In August 2022, Sirbaz Khan successfully climbed the 8,080-metre (26,510 ft) high Gasherbrum-I, the world's 11th-tallest peak.[1]

In October 2nd Sirbaz Khan has successfully scaled mount Cho Oyu in Tibet sixth-highest mountain in the world at 8,188 metres.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mujeeb, Hunzai (August 14, 2023). "Pakistani mountaineer two steps closer to summit all 14 8-thousanders". Sirbaz Khan.
  2. ↑ "Scaling Beyond the Dangers". Hilal.
  3. 1 2 "Sirbaz Khan becomes first Pakistani to scale 10 of world's 14 highest peaks". Dawn. 7 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sirbaz makes history at world's 4th highest peak". Daily Times. 28 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Sirbaz Khan climbs world's 12th highest mountain". The News International. 23 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Sarbaz Khan climbed up the world's eighth highest peak". Bol News. 25 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sirbaz, Joshi become first Pakistanis to summit Nepal's 'treacherous' Annapurna peak". Dawn. 16 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Pakistani mountaineer Sirbaz Khan summits Everest, 7 more 8,000ers to go". Dawn. 12 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Sirbaz Khan becomes first Pakistani to scale 9 of world's 14 highest peaks". Dawn. 1 October 2021.
  10. ↑ Nagri, Jamil (28 May 2022). "Sirbaz Khan, Shehroze Kashif summit Nepal's Makalu in yet another feat". DAWN.
  11. ↑ Jamal, Sana (July 22, 2022). "Samina Baig, Dubai-based Naila Kiani first Pakistani women to climb K2". Gulf News. Pakistan's accomplished climbers Sohail Sakhi and Sirbaz Ali Khan also summited K2 along with the Dubai-based Pakistani climber Naila — who is known as the 'K2 Bride' as her love for mountains inspired her to have a small wedding celebration at the K2 base camp in 2018.
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