Nazir Sabir
Nazir Sabir | |
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| Born | Raminj, Hunza |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
Nazir Sabir (Urdu: نذیر صابر ) is a Pakistani mountaineer. He was born in Hunza. He has climbed Mount Everest and four of the five 8000 m peaks in Pakistan, including the world's second highest mountain K2 making the first ascent of the West Ridge on Aug 7, 1981 along with Eiho Otani both as members of the Waseda University K2 Expedition , Gasherbrum II 8035m, Broad Peak 8050m in 1982, and Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak) 8068m in 1992 as a liaison officer on the Japanese TV Asahi team He became the first from Pakistan to have climbed Everest on 17 May 2000 as a team member on the Mountain Madness Everest Expedition led by Christine Boskoff from the United States that also included famed Everest climber Peter Habeler of Austria and eight Canadians.