Karachi:
Naila Kiani became the first Pakistan -Kvant mountaineer to set foot on Kanchenjunga Peak, the world’s third highest mountain as she continued for her journey to scale all the 8,000 -meter -high mountains, commonly known as the ‘eight thousands’.
The 8,586 -meter -high Kanchenjunga Peak is the 12th eight thousand, summarized by Kiani. With two more, she would join the 17 elite female mountaineers in the world who have conquered all the 14 eight thousand. She sets her view on Cho Oyu and Shishapangma.
In almost three years, she became the first Pakistani woman for the summit 11 of the 14 eight thousand – K2 (8,611m); Everest (8,848 m); Lhotse (8.516m); Makalu (8,485 m); Annapurna in (8.091m); In addition to Broad Peak, Manaslu, Dhaulagiri, Gasher Brub I and II and Nanga Parbat. In 2023 alone, she achieved the extraordinary achievement by summing seven 8,000 meters of peaks within only six months and placing her in the company of only a handful of climbers around the world for achieving such a milestone in a single climbing season.
Kiani, a former banker and mother of two, is not only a climber, but an environmental activist who inspires a generation of Pakistani women to dream beyond the boundaries placed in front of them. She is a passionate spokesman for sustainable climbing.
Previously, she led environmental campaigns, such as a high -up clean -up at K2, and a recovery mission for Pakistani Porter Muhammad Hassan Shigri, who brought closing to his grieving family, according to the Bard Foundation, which supports Kiani’s expeditions.
“Naila represents the very spirit we aim to care for at Bard: Resilience, courage and the unwavering persecution of expertise.
