Sirbaz Khan Explained

Sirbaz Khan is a Pakistani mountaineer.^{[1] [2]} He is the first Pakistani to summit 13 of the eight-thousanders, which comprise the world's 14 highest peaks.^[3]

Career

In October 2017, Sirbaz Khan climbed the 8126abbr=outNaNabbr=out tall Nanga Parbat — the ninth-tallest mountain in the world.

In July 2018, Sirbaz climbed the 8611abbr=outNaNabbr=out tall K2 — the second-tallest mountain in the world.

In May 2019, Sirbaz became the first Pakistani to successfully summit the 8516abbr=offNaNabbr=off high Mount Lhotse – the world’s 4th highest mountain - without using supplementary oxygen.^[4]

In July 2019, Sirbaz climbed the summit of the 8047abbr=outNaNabbr=out Broad Peak mountain in Pakistan, without using supplementary oxygen.^[5]

In September 2019, Sirbaz became the first Pakistani to scale Mount Manaslu, the world's 8th highest peak, in Nepal.^[6]

In April 2021, Sirbaz and Muhammad Abdul Joshi became the first Pakistanis to scale the 8,091-metre Annapurna peak in Nepal, the 10th highest mountain in the world.^[7]

In May 2021, Sirbaz reached the summit of the world's highest peak Mount Everest, in Nepal.^[8]

In July 2021, Sirbaz successfully climbed the 8035abbr=outNaNabbr=out high Gasherbrum-II, the world's 13th-tallest peak.^[9]

In October 2021, Sirbaz climbed the 8167abbr=outNaNabbr=out high Dhaulagiri mountain in Nepal.^[10]

In May 2022, Sirbaz climbed the world's 3rd-highest peak, Kanchenjunga, in Nepal.^[11] Later in May, Sirbaz summited the 8481abbr=outNaNabbr=out high Mount Makalu in Nepal, the world's 5th highest peak.^[12]

In July 2022, Sirbaz climbed the 8611abbr=outNaNabbr=out high K2 — the 2nd highest mountain in the world.^[13]

In August 2022, Sirbaz successfully climbed the 8080abbr=outNaNabbr=out high Gasherbrum-I, the 11th highest mountain in the world.^{[14] [15]}

In October 2023, Sirbaz summited the world’s sixth-highest peak, Cho Oyu (8,201 metres), in Tibet.^[16] Later in October 2023, Sirbaz Khan and Naila Kiani called off their attempted ascent of Shishapangma peak in Tibet, after surviving an avalanche near its summit.^{[17] [18]}

In May 2024, Sirbaz reached the summit of the world's highest peak Mount Everest, in Nepal without using supplemental oxygen.^[19]

Notes and References

1. News: Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan’s journey from cook to ace climber . The Express Tribune . 9 October 2023 . en.
2. News: Scaling Beyond the Dangers . Hilal.
3. News: Sirbaz Khan becomes 1st Pakistani to scale 13 peaks above 8,000m . The Express Tribune . 2 October 2023 . en.
4. News: Sirbaz makes history at world's 4th highest peak . Daily Times . 28 May 2019.
5. News: Sirbaz Khan climbs world's 12th highest mountain . The News International . 23 July 2019.
6. News: Sarbaz Khan climbed up the world's eighth highest peak . Bol News . 25 September 2019.
7. News: Sirbaz, Joshi become first Pakistanis to summit Nepal's 'treacherous' Annapurna peak . Dawn . 16 April 2021.
8. News: Pakistani mountaineer Sirbaz Khan summits Everest, 7 more 8,000ers to go . Dawn . 12 May 2021.
9. News: Benavides . Angela . Gasherbrum II Summits, Tough Going on Broad Peak » Explorersweb . Explorersweb . 18 July 2021.
10. News: Sirbaz Khan becomes first Pakistani to scale 9 of world's 14 highest peaks . Dawn . 1 October 2021.
11. News: Sirbaz Khan becomes first Pakistani to scale 10 of world's 14 highest peaks . Dawn . 7 May 2022.
12. News: Nagri . Jamil . Sirbaz Khan, Shehroze Kashif summit Nepal's Makalu in yet another feat . DAWN . 28 May 2022 . en.
13. News: Jamal . Sana . Samina Baig, Dubai-based Naila Kiani first Pakistani women to climb K2 . Gulf News . July 22, 2022 . en . Pakistan’s accomplished climbers Sohail Sakhi and Sirbaz Ali Khan also summited K2 along with the Dubai-based Pakistani climber Naila — who is known as the ‘K2 Bride’ as her love for mountains inspired her to have a small wedding celebration at the K2 base camp in 2018..
14. News: Lakhani . Faizan . Pakistani mountaineer one step closer to summit all 14 8-thousanders . Geo News . August 12, 2022 . en.
15. News: Nagri . Jamil . Six Pakistanis among eight summit Gasherbrum-I . DAWN . 13 August 2022 . en.
16. News: Nagri . Jamil . Pakistani climbers summit Cho Oyu . DAWN . 3 October 2023 . en.
17. News: Nagri . Jamil . Naila, Sirbaz survive Tibet avalanche . DAWN . 8 October 2023 . en.
18. News: Two bodies recovered from Shishapangma, Tenjen, Rzucidlo still missing . The Himalayan Times . 8 October 2023 . en.
19. News: Nagri . Jamil . Sirbaz summits Everest sans supplementary oxygen . DAWN . 22 May 2024 . en.