This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Young Pakistani woman sets a new record on May 19 by setting foot on the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal. Samina Baig, 21, along with her brother Mirza Ali, 29, climbed the highest mountain in 48 days and reached the peak on the 60th anniversary of the first conquest by Edmund Hillary on May 19, 1953.
“According to initial reports, the two mountaineers and 29 other foreigners reached the summit at 7.30am (local time),” said Pervaizuddin, a resident of Shimshal Valley.
The siblings are natives of Shimshal village in Hunza valley. Two of their friends from India, twin sisters Tashi and Nugshi, were also a part of the historic expedition. Now the flags of two famous neighbors – India and Pakistan –flutter side by side in the free air.
“She (Samina) is proof that the country has the talent and motivation; unfortunately there is no government support for mountain climbers. It is a sport without spectators,” said Colonel Sher Khan, one of Pakistan’s many leading mountaineers.
The two siblings have been mountaineering for leisure for a decade now. They have served as mountain guides and expedition leaders for peaks in the Karakoram, the Himalayas and the Hindukush. However, it was only four years ago that Samina started climbing professionally.
Mirza Ali wrote about his sister on a blog: “We request all our readers and visitors [to] please pray that Samina becomes the first Pakistani woman to reach the summit of Everest. And I hope to be the first young Pakistani without bottled oxygen to unfurl Pakistan’s flag on top of the world together with our Indian friends! Wish us luck! Thank you for sharing and for your support!”
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