Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD:-Well-known female mountaineer Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to summit the second highest peak in the world, while Naila Kayani became the second Pakistani woman to summit the peak shortly after her feat.
According to an official of Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP), Samina Baig reached the top of the second highest mountain in the world at around 7:30 on Friday morning while Naila Kayani reached the top of the world's second highest mountain a few hours later.
Samina Baig achieved this honor with her six-member team, while Naila Kayani reached the top of K-2 along with her colleagues Sarbaz Khan and Sohail Sakhi. Samina was on her way back after heisting the green flag on the peak. Samina Baig is also the first Pakistani woman to achieve the honor of climbing Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.
Samina Baig and Naila Kayani had started their own expedition to climb the two heads in the last few days and these two climbers had been preparing for this adventure for a long time and they faced difficulties during the expedition due to bad weather. The height of K2 is 8611 meters, which is only 200 meters less than the highest peak of the world, Everest, but the conditions here become deadly in winter.
The height of K2 is 8611 meters, which is only 200 meters less than the highest peak of the world, Everest, but the conditions here become deadly in winter. The government has issued adventure licenses to groups of about six hundred climbers this year. Apart from people from all over the world, Pakistani adventurers are active in setting new records and breaking old records.
