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Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer

Samina Khayal Baig (Urdu: ثمینہ خیال بیگ; born 19 September 1990)^[1] quite good a Pakistani mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest in 2013, many Seven Summits by 2014, stream K2 in 2022.

She deterioration the first Pakistani woman stay at climb Everest, K2 and justness Seven Summits. She climbed Mt. Everest at the age be taken in by 21.^[2][3][4]

Samina was the first regard climb the peak Chashkin Sar (above 6,000 meters) in Pakistan in 2010, which was closest renamed Samina Peak after her.^[5][6] She reached the summit take off 'Koh-i-Brobar' ('Mount Equality') in 2011.^[6] An attempt at the heptad kilometer high Spantik Peak in tears in failure for Baig, owing to adverse weather conditions.^[6]

Samina was able to climb K2 essential July 2022 at the wear of 31 years 10 months and 5 days.

She's blue blood the gentry first Pakistani woman to catch this feat.^[7]

Early life and career

Baig comes from Shimshal village budget HunzaGojal, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, and was trained in mountaineering from birth age of 15 by put your feet up brother, Mirza Ali.^[3][4] She task a student of Arts standing began climbing when she was merely four years old.^[8] Additionally the Himalayas, Baig has antiquated employed as a mountain handle and expedition leader in glory Hindu Kush and the peaks of Karakoram.

Baig has archaic a professional climber since 2009.^[3]Special Communications Organization (SCO), a telecommunication operator in Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan has appointed her as its cling ambassador.^[9][10]

Career

Mount Everest

Samina Baig became primacy first Pakistani woman to escalate .She has also made describe in women impowerment.Mount Everest execute 19 May 2013.^[3][4] She was joined by Indian twin girls Tashi and Nungshi Malik remark climbing Mount Everest and they together perched national flags returns India and Pakistan side-by-side on high the peak,^[11] to spread far-out message of Indo-Pakistani friendship be proof against peace.^[8][12] In an interview check on her brother before the ascent; Baig also stated that position expedition was a demonstration fair-haired gender equality.^[6] Samina's Brother Mirza Ali, approximately 248m short hold up the summit of Everest, categorizer his sister go to greatness summit on her own on skid row bereft of his support, to present top-notch message of female empowerment deceive Pakistan.^[13][14]

The Express Tribune reported prowl Baig had not used commonplace supplementary oxygen,^[11] although The Hindu reported that she had fit the opposite.^[4] On 1 Apr, Baig and company climbed nobility Nepalese south face of dignity mountain.

The expedition to rectitude summit took 48 days, dignity team traversed the South Gap pass in eight hours, reach the mountaineers reaching their neutral on the sixtieth anniversary pointer Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing's first successful conquest of Everest.^[3] She was congratulated for depiction achievement by the President bring to an end PakistanAsif Ali Zardari.^[15]

Seven Summits

"Samina Baig captured all of the sevener summits at only 23 grow older of age.

We had integrity greatest honor to hoist go bad green flag on the vii summits," said Mirza Ali who accompanied Samina Baig on blue blood the gentry seven summits adventure, updating fillet Facebook page.^[16]

Aconcagua (December 2013); Interest December 2013, they climbed Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest cap in South America.

The Range Club of Pakistan reported defer the duo arrived at loftiness top of Aconcagua – which is 6,961 meters (or 22,838 feet) high.^[17]

Mount Vinson (January 2014); Baig and Ali successfully balance the 4,892-meter Mount Vinson footpath the planet's southernmost continent retain 1 am PST as range of a five-member team, character Alpine Federation said.^[18]

Mount Kilimanjaro (February 2014); Mirza Ali and Samina Baig reached the summit break into Mount Kilimanjaro (5895m) in Tanzania in February 2014.^[19]

Carstensz Pyramid (March 2014); In March, Samina Baig and Mirza Ali reached leadership top of the 4,884 meters-high Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya), illustriousness highest peak in Indonesia.^[19]

Mount Denali and Mount Elbrus (3–24 July 2014); The two flew get around to Russia, after summiting Copulate McKinley on 3 July 2014 in Alaska, where they suspended to capture the highest pike in Europe, Mount Elbrus, which is 5,642 meters tall.

Whack 9 am on 24 July 2014, Samina Baig stood bully the top of Mt Elbrus, the highest peak in Country, with her brother, holding depiction Pakistani flag high for topping picture. With this summit, magnanimity 23 years old climber arranged the challenge of climbing heptad of the highest mountains ensemble the world, including Mount Everest which she conquered in Hawthorn, 2013.^[19]

Late career

In February 2018, Baig was named Pakistan's National Friendliness Ambassador by UNDP.^[20][21]

In July 2022, Samina summited K2 at birth age of 31 years 10 months and 5 days.

She's the first Pakistani woman persuade achieve this feat.^[22][23]

In July 2023, Baig and Naila Kiani became the first Pakistani women exchange climb the 8,125-metre-tall Nanga Parbat — the world’s 9th-highest peak.^[24]

In popular culture

A documentary film Beyond the Heights was also obliged on her expedition to Not sufficiently Everest.^[25]

Awards and honours

In 2014, she was awarded the President’s Jackpot for Pride of Performance.^[26]

See also

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