ISLAMABAD: A 19-year-old Shehroze Kashif has become the youngest Pakistani to scale the world’s largest mountain above sea level, Mount Everest.
Shehroze Kashif successfully scaled the 8,849-metre mountain peak and hoisted the Pakistani flag. Shehroze Kashif left base camp on May 6 for the summit Mount Everest and reached Camp 2 on May 7.
JUST IN: Shehroze Kashif, 19, just became the youngest Pakistani on the summit of Mt #Everest (8848.86 m). CONGRATULATIONS!🙏
Photo ©: Shehroze Kashif/Facebook. pic.twitter.com/nDcXs6Rk4n
— Everest Today (@EverestToday) May 11, 2021
“After years of wait and prep, the moment has arrived finally so it is getting very hard to control my emotions. I’m bursting with excitement, energy and determination. The last couple of years I have done all I could to prepare and be ready for this moment,” Kashif wrote on his Facebook before setting off.
“In his bid to become the youngest Pakistani climber to stand atop Mount Everest, Shehroze Kashif will leave tonight for the summit push In Sha Allah! Flag of Pakistan Shehroze will directly reach Camp 2,” read a twitter post.
SUMMIT PUSH
Time to Raise the Green Flag 🇵🇰 on top of the World
In his bid to become the youngest Pakistani climber to stand atop Mount Everest, Shehroze Kashif will leave tonight for the summit push In Sha Allah! 🇵🇰 Shehroze will directly reach Camp 2 pic.twitter.com/cIiJO0ONxv
— Beautiful Pakistan🇵🇰 (@LandofPakistan) May 6, 2021
The 19-year-old mountaineer has several local mountains to his name including an 8000 meters Broad Peak. As the news about his departure was shared on social media, various known persons liked the post while US Embassy in Islamabad also liked it.
The ambitious climber first climbed the 3885 meters Makra Peak at the age of 11 years in 2014 and his latest achievement is to summit Khusar Gang peak at the age of 18 years in 2020.
Minister of Inter Provincial Coordination Fehmida Miraz also met Shehroze Kashif in January earlier this year where she had acknowledged his efforts and skills.
Meanwhile, the title of youngest climber in the world to summit the Mount Everest is held by an American climber, Jordan Romero.
He was 13-year-old when he reached the summit of Mount Everest. Romero was accompanied by his father, Paul Romero, his step-mother, Karen Lundgren, and three Sherpas, Ang Pasang Sherpa, Lama Dawa Sherpa, and Lama Karma Sherpa.
It is to be noted, Pakistani mountaineers Nazir Sabir, Hasan Sadpara and Samina Baig have earlier conquered the world’s highest mountain before Kashif.
Mount Everest is earth’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow height) of 8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) was most recently established in 2020 by the Nepali and Chinese authorities.
