Another adventurous group has started its journey towards the mighty K2. The two expedition teams include foreign climbers and renowned Pakistani mountaineer Samina Baig who started their adventure to scale K2 on Friday.
They started their trek to the K2 base camp from Shigar.
While talking to media persons in Shigar before starting the trek, Ms Baig, whose expedition was sponsored by Special Communication Organisation (SCO), said she and five local high altitude guides had started the expedition themed ‘K2 dream expedition 2021’.
She said they would spend two months at K2 to complete the mission, adding the objective of the summit was raising awareness about women empowerment and climate change, and provide opportunities to local climbers to scale high peaks.
Born in Gilgit-Baltistan, Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest (8,849), the world’s highest peak, at the age of 21.
Ms Baig said the K2 summit was her dream and asked for prayers for the successful summit. She will be the first Pakistani if she is able to climb K2.
“He [Sadpara] was one of the most amazing climbers in Pakistan and a great human being.”
She said while recalling Ali Sadpara.
Meanwhile, another Joint Pakistan-International Broad Peak and K2 Expedition also departed for the K2 base camp from Shigar.
Famous mountaineer Mirza Ali, who scaled Everest in 2019 and the brother of Samina Baig, is leading both expeditions.
Talking to a local news channel, Ali said the expedition consisted of 13 international climbers from UAE, Qatar, Spain, Austria, Greece, UK, USA, and Finland, and 24 local mountaineers from Shimshal, Sadpara, Hushe, and Arandu.
He said the expedition is expected to complete its mission by August 8.
