Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani has achieved an incredible feat by successfully reaching the summit of the world’s 12th highest mountain ‘Broad Peak’.
Naila Kiani has become the first Pakistani woman to summit 8 peaks above 8000 metres. She has etched her name in history as the first Pakistani woman to summit Broad Peak (8,051 m).
Bard Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to help talented individuals realize their potential as champions, made the announcement, calling her a “pioneer of courage and determination.”
“BARD Foundation is immensely proud of her remarkable achievement, standing as a beacon of inspiration for all. Her monumental feat resonates as a testament to the power of perseverance, igniting a flame of empowerment for women across the nation.”
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Earlier Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani successfully reach the summit of Nanga Parbat. In May this year, Pakistani climber Naila Kiani successfully summited world’s highest peak Mount Everest at 8,849m above sea level,
She became the second Pakistani woman to achieve this feat. It was earlier achieved by Samina Baig in 2013.
“There is no better feeling than being on top of the mountain, holding the flag of your country, and making the whole nation proud,” said Naila as she shared her sentiments on this major achievement.
The young climber said she was super ecstatic to have accomplished another long-awaited milestone that had been on her bucket list for a long time.
Naila recently summited K2 in her first attempt and also scaled Gasherbrum-I and Gasherbrum-II in Pakistan. She also became the first Pakistani woman to climb the 8,091-metre tall Annapurna peak – the world’s tenth-highest peak situated in Nepal.
