Record-breaking Shehroze Kashif, a Pakistani mountaineer, has reached the “true summit” of Mount Manaslu, the world’s eighth-highest peak at 8,163 meters.
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 has also become the youngest Pakistani to reach Manaslu’s “true summit” by accomplishing this feat.
Shehroze was climbing this peak, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, for the second time. He first rose Manaslu in September 2021, but two days later, it was determined that the actual summit point — later dubbed the “true summit” — was a few meters ahead of the position designated as the summit point.
Although the Nepalese climbing authorities recognised Shehroze’s earlier ascent and awarded him the Manaslu certificate, the mountaineer stated that he would not include it in his record and would return to Manaslu to achieve the genuine peak.
Shehroze arrived in Manaslu last week and began his excursion on Sunday evening. He began the final push yesterday night and arrived at the summit early this morning.
Shehroze is also the world’s youngest climber, having ascended 12 of 14 eight-thousanders. He is presently trying to climb Cho Oyu, the world’s sixth-highest mountain, and Shishapangma, the world’s fourteenth and final eight-thousander.
Shehroze Kashif is likely to travel to China later this month to attempt his two remaining peaks in his quest to be the world’s youngest climber to scale all peaks of over 8,000m.
