ISLAMABAD:Renowned Nepalese climber Sanu Sherpa etched his name in the mountaineering history as on Thursday as he became the first climber to make double ascent of all the 14 peaks above 8000-metre.
“A huge congratulations to Sanu Sherpa on summit of Gasherbrum II (8035m) at 8:18am today (Thursday).
“This is a new world record in the mountaineering history by the 47-year-old climber,” Karrar Haidri, secretary Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) said in a statement.
Haidri also shared Sanu’s summit details as follow:
Everest: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017
K2: 2012, 2021
Dhaulagiri: 2019, 2021
Cho Oyu: 2006, 2008
Manaslu: 2010, 2011, 2016
Shishapangma: 2006, 2011
Lhotse: 2008, 2021, 2022
Gasherbrum I: 2013, 2019
Gasherbrum II: 2019, 2022
Kanchenjunga: 2014, 2022
Broad Peak: 2014, 2017
Annapurna: 2016, 2021
Nanga Parbat: 2017, 2018, 2022
Makalu: 2019, 2022