Pakistani mountaineer Shehroze Kashif recognised by Guinness book of world records

KARACHI: Pakistani mountaineer Shehroze Kashif has been recognised by the Guinness book of world records 2023 for summiting Mount Everest and K2.

In 2021, Kashif, also known as Broad Boy, became the world’s youngest, 19, climber to summit the two tallest mountains — the 8,849-metre-high Everest and 8,611-metre-high K2.

It must be noted that Kashif was included in the Guinness book of world records in 2021 as well.

“Alhumdulilah! I have been published in the Guinness book of world records 2023!” Kashif tweeted.

“My achievement of being the youngest in the world to climb the world's tallest peaks Everest and K2 has been recognised,” he added. “Thank you #GWR #TheKarakoramclub and my family and followers.”

Kashif also became the youngest climber in the world to summit 10 peaks of over 8,000m after scaling world’s 11th tallest peak, Gasherbrum-1, in August this year.

Earlier this year, Shehroze had reached on top of Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Makalu in Nepal in a span of less than a month before summiting Nanga Parbat.

While descending from Nanga Parbat this year, he along with partner Fazal Ali got stuck in extreme weather and lost contact at a point but both showed nerves of steel by surviving the night on the mountain and then descending at own to Camp 1.

“As we were descending from the summit, I did not understand where to go because there were no ropes fixed there,” Kashif revealed after being rescued.

“We did not think that we will even wake up, that this is all the life there was to live.

“When I woke the next morning, I thought it was a miracle.”

The incident, though, didn’t dent Shehroze’s confidence and he immediately returned to mountains to scale G-1 and G-2 in span of five days.

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