KARACHI: Pakistan’s ace mountaineer Sirbaz Khan added another feather to his cap on Tuesday by successfully scaling the world’s highest mountain, Everest, without using supplementary oxygen.
Sirbaz, who had previously summited the 8,849-meter peak with bottled oxygen, reached the top at around 12:30 PST on Tuesday, becoming the second Pakistani to accomplish this feat without using oxygen.
Sajid Sidpara was the first Pakistani to achieve this.
The Hunza-based climber is also the first Pakistani to climb 11 peaks over 8,000 meters without oxygen support. In total, he has climbed 13 eight-thousanders. Among these, only Annapurna and Kangchenjunga were summited using oxygen support.
Earlier this year, Sirbaz had to postpone his plan to summit Shishapangma, his 14th and final eight-thousander, after Chinese authorities refused to open the mountain for climbing this season.
