Record-breaking Shehroze Kashif, a Pakistani mountaineer, reached the “true summit” of Mount Manaslu, the eighth-highest peak in the world at 8,163 metres.
According to his father, Kashif Salman, the 21-year-old mountaineer from Lahore reached the summit of Manaslu at 5:01 a.m. PKT on Wednesday.
He also made history by becoming the youngest Pakistani to ascend Manaslu’s “true summit” by accomplishing this feat.
Shehroze scaled this mountain, which is a part of the Nepalese Himalayas, for the second time. He had previously scaled Manaslu in September 2021, but two days after reaching the summit, it became clear that the actual summit point, which was later known as the “true summit,” was located a few metres higher up.
Shehroze had stated that he would not include his previous ascent of Manaslu in his record and that he would instead return to the mountain to reach the true summit, even though the mountaineering authorities in Nepal had approved of it and given him a certificate for it.
Shehroze started his expedition on Sunday night after arriving back in Manaslu last week. He began the last ascent last night and arrived at the summit this morning.
Shehroze is the youngest mountaineer to have ascended 12 of the world’s 14 eighth-thousanders. He is now aiming to scale 8,188 metre-high Cho Oyu, the world’s 6th highest mountain, and 8,027 meter-high Shishapangma, the 14th and last of all eight thousandths in the world.
Shehroze Kashif plans to visit China later this month to attempt his final two peaks in his quest to hold the record for being the youngest climber to scale every peak higher than 8,000 metres.
