Mount Everest conqueror sets new goals

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ISLAMABAD - The first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest is to embark on an expedition to summit seven major peaks around the world, to advocate female empowerment and action on climate change.
Samina Baig in June became the first Pakistani woman to reach the 8,848 metre summit of the world’s tallest mountain, after a gruelling expedition in rough weather, The Gulf News Reported.
Now she and her brother Mirza Ali Baig will set off on Saturday to tackle Mount Vinson, the highest in Antarctica, Argentina’s Aconcagua, the tallest peak in the Americas and others in Russia, Indonesia and Nepal.
The Adventure Diplomacy Group (ADG) consisting of the embassies of Argentina, Indonesia, Nepal, the Russian Federation, and the US is supporting the duo in their voyage.
Hailing from Hunza valley in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, Samina, 21, said mountaineering was not only a sport for her, but a means to inspire women.
Northern Pakistan is home to some of the world’s most impressive mountains and glaciers and is renowned for its particularly challenging climbs, including K2, the world’s second highest peak.
But the climbing industry was badly affected by the massacre of 10 foreign mountaineers at the foot of Pakistan’s second highest mountain Nanga Parbat in June. Mirza, an experienced mountain guide, expedition leader and trainer in the Karakoram, Himalayas and Hindu Kush ranges, said he wanted to push a more positive message.
“Our aim is also to promote peace and love for nature and its inhabitants, we should give peace a chance now,” he said.
Samina said she took inspiration from her own small community in the rugged terrain of the Karakorum mountain range in Pakistan’s extreme north.
“A girl child has as equal rights as their male counterparts and our community does everything to educate female children,” Samina said.
Nestled among some of the highest mountains of the world, Hunza is inhabited by moderate Shiite Ismaili Muslims, followers of the Aga Khan.The area has the highest literacy rate in the country with female literacy rate standing at a one hundred per cent.
“In my community, women are as important as males and they are playing an equal role in the society, she added.”

Mount Everest conqueror sets new goals

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

GB heaven on hearth.. the people the awesomest..

Best of luck sis... Make the Nation proud!!!!

 

[RescueRanger]

Thumbs up to her for promoting women climbers everywhere! Inshallah she will make Pakistan proud!

 

[krash]

23 years of age, pure mountain blood, good enough family climbing heritage, being sent to climb mountains in Patagonia, the Caucasus, and Antarctica.....you my dear are all set to become a great name in the climbing world. Keep it together, I wan't a famous Pakistani climber.