Nazir sabir biography

Claim Profile. Born in Hunza, Nazir Sabir is a mountaineer.

Nazir Sabir (Urdu: نذیر صابر) is a Pakistani mountaineer.

He has climbed Mount Everest and four of the five m peaks in Pakistan, including the world's second highest mountain K2 in , Gasherbrum II m, Broad Peak m in. Nazir began his Himalayan climbing career with a Japanese expedition to the m Passu Peak in Hunza in In he was part of a German Expedition as a trainee that attempted Nanga Parbat m and only went to m up the S.

On 17 July he made the first ascent of m virgin Paiyu followed by Col. It was a huge expedition, using bottled Oxygen; this team had an army of porters and 52 members. However Nazir Sabir's first assault team including four Japanese had to turn back due to snow storms from m. Another attempt with the same team had to be abandoned again from m when they had to come down searching for two missing colleagues who were found alive below C4 the next day.

Nazir Sabir (Urdu: نذیر صابر) is a Pakistani mountaineer.

However they put seven members of the team on the summit making the second ascent of K2. Till then only two mountaineers of the successful Italian expedition had stepped on the K2 Summit. Nazir Sabir was invited to climb K2 in by his friends by the Waseda University Expedition attempting the West and South West ridges rather than the usual Abruzzi ridge.

The Duke of Abruzzi had, in , surveyed K2 from all its sides. Nick Estcourt, a member of this team, was swept to his death by a slab avalanche on the way to Camp 2 while Doug Scott barely survived the avalanche. It involves a difficult grade on a mixed ground of snow and rock at higher elevations. Doug Scott who was a member of the expedition led another team strong teams of five top British climbers but gave up at m due to bad weather.