Sultana Bibi becomes third Pakistani woman to summit K2

Pakistani mountaineer Sultana Bibi has successfully scaled the second highest mountain in the world, K2, and reached its peak, joining the list of few women from the country to accomplish such a feat.

Sultana finished her ascend earlier this morning (Monday) and becoming the third women from the country to do so. 

Before Sultana, Samina Baig and Niala Kiani scaled the 8,611-metre peak in July 2022 with the former being the first-ever woman climber from the country to reach the peak of K2 and the latter reached the summit just after hours Baig. 

Sultana had departed from Skardu in June with two teams of climbers in an attempt to scale the precarious mountain that sits on the Pakistan-China border.

Sultana’s team was based entirely on six female climbers from Pakistan, whereas the other team was a joint expedition of Pakistani and Italian climbers.

The lady climber was led by renowned Pakistani mountaineer Sirbaz Ali to the second highest peak in the world.

K2 is famously termed as the “savage mountain” after mountaineer George Bell said, "It's a savage mountain that tries to kill you."

The mountain’s death zone is extremely dangerous for climbers with its fatality rate being around 23 deaths per 100 climbers, as reported by Ultimate Kilimanjaro.

The mountain’s peculiarly unpredictable weather, abundance in avalanches and rock falls, and difficult routes for the summit makes it live threatening for climbers.