Pakistan’s young mountaineer Shehroz Kashif has made history by becoming the youngest Pakistani to climb all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters.
22-year-old Shehroz Kashif accomplished this feat today while climbing the 8027-meter-high Sheshapangma.
mountaineer Shehroz Kashif, popularly known as ‘Broad Boy’, reached the summit of Sheshapangma this morning.
He is the second Pakistani after Sarbaz Khan to have climbed all 14 highest peaks. Sarbaz achieved the honor of becoming the first Pakistani mountaineer to achieve this feat by summiting Shisha Panmaga last week.
Shehroz Kashif’s journey to summit the Eight Thousand began in 2019 when he summited the 8047-meter Broad Peak at just 17. This brilliant start made him famous internationally.
In 2021, Shehroz summited Mount Everest, Manaslu, and K-2, while in 2022, Shehroz Kashif reached the summits of Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Nanga Parbat, Gesher Brim One, and Gesher Brim Two. His streak of excellence continued and last year he summited Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, and Chu Eo.
However, it is worth noting that Shehroz Kashif missed out on climbing Sheshapangma last year due to an accident. If he had succeeded in climbing Sheshapangma then, he would have become the youngest mountaineer in the world who has completed all 14 eight thousand heads.
Mountaineer Shehroz Kashif expressed his happiness about his success and said that it was not easy for him to achieve all this.
“I knew it was going to be very difficult and the risk of losing my life was real but I stayed focused on the goal—now that I’m standing here, I realize that this achievement is not just about climbing mountains,” Shehroz said. Rather, it is about overcoming fear, doubt, and limitations. For me, it is nothing less than a miracle.