Shehroz Kashif becomes youngest climber to ascend K2
July 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s 19-year-old Shehroz Kashif made history on Tuesday as he became the world’s youngest climber to ever stand atop K2 (8611-metre), the world’s second highest peak.
“This is a new world record. This is indeed an amazing achievement. He has made the whole nation proud,” Karrar Haidri, secretary Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) told APP.
Haidri said prior to Shehroz, Sajid Sadpara was the youngest mountaineer to summit K2 at the age of 20 in 2019. Multiple mountaineering outfits are attempting to scale K2 this summer. On Tuesday, another Pakistani climber Muhammad Sharif also summited the peak along with Shehroz.
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