Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer, Samina Baig targets mighty K2 next
The first Pakistani woman climber to ascent the Mount Everest, Saima Baig now sets eyes on might K2 as her next challenge to achieve.
K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori, at 8,611 meters (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft). It is located on the China–Pakistan border between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Northern Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China.
K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram range and the highest point in both Pakistan and Xinjiang. Ranking as one of the most dangerous mountains in the world to climb. It is estimated that 74 of the K2's 280 summiteers have died, meaning that 26 percent of those who reached the top died on the way back down.
The first Pakistani woman climber to ascent the Mount Everest, Saima Baig now sets eyes on might K2 as her next challenge to achieve, which she considers hardest peak to climb in the world.
"My dream is to climb K2, it has been two years I am planning for it,” she said. “Unfortunately, I haven’t got enough support but I am not giving up on my dream." said Saima.
In 2013, she became Pakistan’s first woman to climb the Mount Everest. Next year, at the age of 24, Samina Baig captured all seven summits.
Now 29, Samina has set her eyes on mighty K2 and is well aware of the challenge, to which she said,
“The K2 is the most toughest out of all peaks in the world, by all aspects. Last year, we were planning to take Pakistan’s first-ever women’s team to Everest. It would’ve been country’s first women expedition to the Everest but it couldn’t work as we did not get any support but we haven’t given up, we are still looking forward and trying to get support from various quarters.”
