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KARACHI: Mountaineer Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, a former lieutenant colonel, became the fourth Pakistani to conquer the world’s highest peak Mount Everest on Sunday, state-run PTV reported.
Col Bhatti is an accomplished mountaineer and a recipient of the President’s Pride of Performance award and Tamgha-i-Basalat.
He scaled Broad Peak (8,051 metres) in 1985, Gasherbrum-2 (8,035m) in 1986, and Spantik Peak (7,027m) in 2012. It took him one-and-a-half months to complete the Everest expedition. Mount Everest stands 8,848m high above sea level.
According to a tweet by Saad Mohamed, another Pakistani who is trying his luck at Everest this year Col Bhatti reached the mountain’s Camp 4 on Saturday.
In a Facebook post on Sunday night, Col Bhatti’s brother, Asif Bhatti, shared the good news with friends and journalists.
The other Pakistanis to have conquered Mount Everest are Hassan Sadpara, Samina Baig (2013) and Nazir Sabir (2000).
Published in Dawn, May 22nd, 2017
