| Birth Place: | Shimshal, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Occupation: | Mountaineer |
| Abdul Joshi | |
| Alias: | Path Finder |
Abdul Joshi (born 3 December 1984) from Shimsal is a Pakistani mountaineer who became the first climber in the world to summit the main 6076m (19,934feet) Passu Cones peak in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan on 14 August 2021.[1] Abdul is known as the "Path Finder" amongst the local mountaineering fraternity for his talent for finding new, unclimbed routes.[2] He is also the first person in the world to cross the F.N./Joshi Pass and Verjerav Pass.[3] On 16 April 2021, Abdul became the first Pakistani to summit Annapurna, the tenth-highest peak in the world at, along with his climbing partner, Sirbaz Khan.[4] On 16 May 2022, he became the 8th Pakistani to summit Mount Everest.[5]
Abdul started his mountaineering career as a high-altitude porter on mountain expeditions in Pakistan. He climbed his first peak, Manglik Sar, at the age of 18.[6]
Joshi once went up to Camp 3 (7,400m) of K2 (8,611m) when an avalanche swept their tents away and crushed their summit dreams. He has also been on a G2 (8,034m) expedition.
Abdul has also been involved in multiple high-altitude rescue operations. In June 2019, Abdul, who was at Camp 3 of Passu Cones, only from the summit, received news of an avalanche that had hit an Italian-Pakistani expedition on Melvin Jones Peak . Abdul abandoned his expedition and joined a four-member team to rescue the stranded climbers. On 12 September 2021, Abdul led a successful rescue operation on Rakaposhi to retrieve three stranded climbers, two of whom were Czech citizens climbing without permits.[7] [8] [9]