Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kayani reached the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday, becoming the country’s second woman to climb the world’s highest peak.
The first woman mountaineer from Pakistan to reach the peak is Samina Baig who accomplished this feat in 2013.
On Kayani’s part, she added another feather to her cap as she became the first non-Nepalese climber to summit Mount Everest this climbing season.
According to the details, the mountaineer reached the top of the world’s highest mountain at 8:20 am on Sunday morning by reaching a height of 8,849 meters.
In addition, Kayani – a mother of two, a boxer, and a banker in Dubai – is the only Pakistani woman to have scaled 5,8000m – which now includes Mount Everest – in an incredible two years. In the period of She has previously climbed Annapurna I, K2, Gasherbaram I and II in Nepal.
She now plans to climb the fourth highest mountain, Lotse, at 8,516 meters in her current visit to Nepal. Kayani first rose to fame in 2018 after photos from her wedding photo shoot at K2 Base Camp went viral on social media.
Pakistani climber rescued from Mount Annapurna.
Kayani was among two Pakistani climbers who were rescued on their way to Mount Annapurna last month. He was accompanied by the world’s youngest mountaineer, Shahrooz Kashif, who climbed the 8,091-meter peak in Nepal.
A day after reaching the top of the mountain, both climbers were rescued from the summit after bad weather interrupted their descent.
By climbing Annapurna, Kayani became the first woman from a South Asian country to achieve the feat.
