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Sarbaz Khan scales China's peak Chu Oyo, becomes 1st Pakistani to climb 13 peaks of over 8.000m

Sarbaz Khan scales China's peak Chu Oyo, becomes 1st Pakistani to climb 13 peaks of over 8.000m
October 2, 2023 Web Desk

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Sarbaz Khan on Monday scaled the world's sixth-highest peak Chu Oyo located in China, becoming the first Pakistani scaling 13 peaks of over 8,000 meters.

Sarbaz Khan belongs to the scenic Hunza valley of Gilgit-Baltistan region. He began his climbing career in 2016.

In 2019, he became the first Pakistani to summit Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest mountain at 8,516 m (27,940 ft), from Nepal without using supplementary oxygen.

Moreover, he scaled the 8,125-m (26,657-ft) Nanga Parbat in 2017, the 8,611-m (28,251-ft) K2 in 2018, and in 2019, Broad Peak, which boasts a height of 8,163 m (26,782 ft).

He also climbed the 8,091-m (26,545-ft) Mount Anapurna, and the 8,035-m (26,362-ft) Gasherbrum II, and the 8,848-m (29,029-ft) Mount Everest – the world’s tallest peak.