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Mountaineer Sarbiz Khan becomes first Pakistani to summit nine 8,000m peaks

The 33-year-old mountaineer Sarbiz Khan who hails from Hunza summited the ninth 8,000m peak, Nepal’s 8,167 meters Dhaulagiri, on Friday morning. 

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Mountaineer Sarbiz Khan becomes first Pakistani to summit nine 8,000m peaks
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It is pertinent to note here that he is the first Pakistani to summit Nepal’s Dhaulagiri peak and also the first one to lead a team there.

There are a total of 14 eight-thousanders, and to register his name among the 44 record-holders who have summited all the 14 8,000m peaks; he has to climb five more.

 He had earlier summited Nanga Parbat, K2, Lhotse, Broad Peak, Manaslu, Annapurna, Mount Everest and Gasherbrum-II.

 

 

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