Pakistani climbers Shehroze Kashif and Fazal Ali go missing in Nanga Parbat
On Tuesday morning, the record holding Shehroze Kashif had stood atop Mount Nanga Parbat (8,126m) becoming the youngest Pakistani to climb Naga Parbat.
Pakistani star climber Shehroze Kashif 'Broad Boy' along with his companion Fazal Ali lost contact from Tuesday evening at 7,350m as they were descending from the summit of Mount Nanga Parbat (8,125m), said Shehroze's father Kashif Salman.
In a video appeal posted on Shehroze's Social Media handles, Kashif said that he lost contact with his son at around 7:30 pm Tuesday. He pleaded the Pakistani government for immediate rescue operation. "We were in touch with him through a tracker up to an altitude of 7,350 feet. After that, there is no contact with Shehroze and his fellow mountaineer," he said.
Emergency rescue appeal by Shehroze Kashif's father, Kashif Salman, to Pakistan Army to start rescue operation to save both #ShehrozeKashif and #FazalAli who are stranded on #NangaParbat since last night. Please share this so it reaches the right people!!! @OfficialDGISPR pic.twitter.com/SMhEyeI3a0
— Shehroze Kashif (broadboy) (@Shehrozekashif2) July 6, 2022
Salman is requesting the authorities to involve Nepali sherpas, high altitude rescuer, given their track record of rescuing from the death zone. He said that operation should be immediately carried out with Nepali sherpas.
"Pakistani and Nepali sherpas as well as chopper are stand by. Weather is the only hurdle," Asghar Ali Porik, member of Alpine Club of Pakistan told Everest Chronicle.
The 20-year-old Shehroze stood atop Mount Nanga Parbat on Tuesday morning becoming the world’s youngest mountaineer to summit Nanga Parbat. It was his eighth 8,000er.
In May, Shehroze set a world record by becoming the youngest climber to summit three 8,000ers in 23 days. He summited Kanchenjunga (8,586m), Lhotse (8,516m) and Makalu (8,485m), world’s third, fourth and fifth highest mountains.
In 2021, the 19-year-old Shehroze summited Everest (8,848.86m) and K2 (8,611m), world’s first and second highest peaks. He is the youngest Pakistani to summit Everest, and the world’s youngest to summit K2.
Shehroze summited Broad Peak (8,051m), twelfth highest peak, at the age of 17. Since then he is famously known as The Broad Boy.
He hopes to become the youngest 14 peak summitter.
