Pakistan’s Shehroze Kashif has become the world’s youngest climber to summit the two tallest mountains of the world. He climbed the 8,849-metre-high Everest and 8,611-metre-high K2 in the same year.
A statement issued by the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) said that he has been recognised by the Guinness World Records.
According to the ACP, 19-year-old Kashmir is from Lahore. He has also been then world's youngest person to have climbed K2 and the youngest Pakistani to climb the world's highest peak, Everest. He climbed both the mountains within a period of nearly three months.
At age 17, Kashif became the youngest Pakistani to have climbed Broad Peak (8,047m). His first climb was when he was only 11. His first climb was at the age of 11 when he climbed the 3,885-metre-high Makra Peak.
A statement issued by the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) said that he has been recognised by the Guinness World Records.
According to the ACP, 19-year-old Kashmir is from Lahore. He has also been then world's youngest person to have climbed K2 and the youngest Pakistani to climb the world's highest peak, Everest. He climbed both the mountains within a period of nearly three months.
At age 17, Kashif became the youngest Pakistani to have climbed Broad Peak (8,047m). His first climb was when he was only 11. His first climb was at the age of 11 when he climbed the 3,885-metre-high Makra Peak.