GILGIT: As many as six foreign climbers reached the peak of Gasherbrum-I (8068 metres) on Thursday morning. Two female climbers, who were part of the expedition, made history in Pakistan.

According to a statement, Tseng Ko-Erh from Taiwan, Nima Gyalzen Sherpa and Ningma Dorje Tamang from Nepal reached the summit of Gasherbrum-I. The three climbers reached the top of the peak without supplement oxygen.

This is the 12th 8,000m peak that Ms Tseng has climbed and she was able to do it without supplementary oxygen once again. With this summit, she has now climbed four 8,000m peaks back to back without oxygen in 22 days, G1 and G2 within four days and all five Pakistani 8,000m mountains within 42 days.

Nima Gyalzen Sherpa has reached the top of 14 peaks (8,000m) without oxygen. He is now the newest Nepali, among a very few, to have done so.

Meanwhile,Kristin Harila from Norway, Dawa Ongju Sherpa and PasdawaSherpa from Nepal reached the top of G-I at 7:15am. They were the first three to reach the summit of G-I in 2022.

Through a post on Facebook Kristin Harila said that thesecond phase in Pakistan was very challenging and dangerous due to ever-changing weather conditions, being hit by a rock, illness and a very tight schedule.

In 105 days, she has summited 11 of the world’s highest mountains and only three peaks are left in her attempt to climb all 14 peaks (over 8,000m) in one season.

Sakhawat Hussain from summit Karakoram told Dawn that 10 climbers including Pakistani climbers Naila Kiani, Sheroze Kashif, Sirbaz Khan, Sajid Sadpara, Imtiaz Sadpara have reached camp 3 of G-I.

“The climbers will decide their course of action tonight,” he said.

Published in Dawn, August 12th, 2022