Latest Pakistani to ascent Everest still waiting for recognition
673 viewsBy jazbablog - Sun Jun 05, 5:13 pm
GILGIT: Hasan Sadpara, the latest Pakistani who conquered the world’s highest peak last month is still waiting for any official recognition by the federal government on his achievement.
The 48-year-old climber from Sadpara, ascend the 8,840m high Mount Everest in May but his achievement was eclipsed by the Bin Laden episode.
Sadpara is the only person from Gilgit-Baltistan to have surpassed all five major peaks in Pakistan.
Inspired by his father, Sadpara started his mountaineering carrier in 1996 when he was 33. Today, nearly 50, he says he is as fit as he was 15 years ago and wishes to climb the remaining eight of the 14 highest peaks in the world, provided he gets financial support from the government or any other organisation.
He added, though, that he would set up a mountaineering school in Skardu to train the youth in the field of mountaineering. (By Express Tribune)
