Sirbaz Khan on Monday ascended Cho Oyu peak in Tibet, China, the world’s sixth highest peak, becoming the first Pakistani to climb 13 mountains above 8,000 metres (26,247 feet).
Khan and his teammate Naila Kiani climbed the 8,188 metres (26,863 feet) Cho Oyu peak in over 28 hours using a marathon alpine-style climb, and without supplementary oxygen, said Alpine Club of Pakistan, the country’s official mountaineering organization, in a statement.
Kiani became the first Pakistani woman climber to summit 10 peaks above 8,000 metres, the statement added.
