Nepali Sherpa sets record after climbing Pakistan’s Gasherbrum-II

Pakistan Aug, 23 2022

KATHMANDU: A 47-year-old Nepali sherpa has set a climbing record by scaling all world’s 14 peaks that are higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) for a second time, his agency said.

Sanu Sherpa from Sankhuwasabha district in east Nepal reached top of Pakistan’s Gasherbrum II, which at 8,035 metres is 13th highest on Thursday morning, his Pioneer Adventure hiking company said in Kathmandu.

“He is only person in world to scale each of 14 highest mountains twice,” Nibesh Karki, company’s executive director told Reuters. No further details were available. Eight of 14 highest peaks, including Mount Everest are in Nepal. Other six are in Pakistan and Tibet region of China.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 23 2022

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