The four-member Pakistani team that successfully completed the Annapurna expedition. Photo courtesy: Sirbaz Khan Instagram
ISLAMABAD: To say that Annapurna is the most dangerous of all peaks with the highest death ratio is an understatement, said Sirbaz Khan, who along with Abdul Karim Joshi became the first Pakistanis to conquer the treacherous Annapurna peak in Nepal.
“There are dangers of avalanches and rockfalls from the start and particularly between camps II and III.
“It is not surprising that ropes you fix one day are gone the next day. We didn’t realise what danger really felt like until we were engulfed in a massive avalanche between the advanced base camp and camp I. From then on, our gazes would be focused upwards looking out of rockfalls,” Khan told Dawn on the phone.