Pakistani mountaineers Sirbaz Khan and Naila Kiani on Monday summited the sixth highest mountain in the world, Cho Oyu, the non-governmental sports organization Alpine Club of Pakistan confirmed in a statement. Standing at an imposing height of 8,188 meters or 26,906 feet high, Cho Oyu is located on the Nepalese\u2013Tibetan (Chinese) border about 20 miles (30 kilometers) northwest of Mount Everest. According to Karrar Haidri, secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, it took both mountaineers 28 hours to summit the treacherous mountain amid challenging conditions. \u201cSirbaz has accomplished an amazing accomplishment by ascending Cho Oyu, 8,188 meters high and the sixth highest peak in the world, in over 28 hours via a marathon alpine style climb,\u201d Haidri told Arab News over the phone, adding that Khan is the first Pakistani climber to summit Cho Oyu. \u201cHe achieved this feat without the need for additional oxygen, which makes it even more amazing.\u201d Khan\u2019s latest feat makes him the only Pakistani climber who has summited 13 out of a total of 14 mountains that stand above 8,000 meters high, which are also known as \u201ceight-thousanders.\u201d These mountains are all located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges \u2013 across Nepal, Tibet (China) and Pakistan. \u201cThere is still one summit left on his trek, this being the thirteenth successful one,\u201d Haidri said. Haidri praised Kiani for becoming the first Pakistani woman to summit Cho Oyu, saying that she was able to achieve the feat in \u201cincredibly challenging conditions with very poor visibility and hostile weather.\u201d \u201cWe all hope and pray for Naila\u2019s safe return from this extraordinary adventure,\u201d Haidri said, adding that with the latest feat, Naila successfully climbed her 10th eight thousander. Kiani\u2019s X account updated her followers with her achievement, saying that she became the first Pakistani with Khan to summit Cho Oyu. \u201cFirst Pakistani woman to summit 10 8,000er, only Pakistani to summit 7 8,000er in six months,\u201d Kiani\u2019s account wrote. Kiani, Khan and mountaineer Shehroze Kashif summited Mount Manaslu in Nepal last month, which is the eighth-highest mountain in the world. Mount Manaslu stands at an imposing height of 8,163 meters above sea level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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