Ali Sadpara

Muhammad Ali Sadpara (born 1976) is a Pakistani mountaineer. He was part of the team which successfully achieved the first ever winter summit on Nanga Parbat. Both his teammates, Alex Txicon and Simone Moro, have gone on record stating that they could not have done it without Sadpara's brilliance. He is the only Pakistani Mountaineer who has successfully climbed 4 eight thousanders in a calendar year. His 20 year old son has also climbed K-2 in 2019.

Muhammad Ali Sadpara at Nanga Parbat base camp

Early life

He was born in a village, Sadpara, in periphery of Skardu city, extreme north of Pakistan. He started his career as porter. [1]

Mountaineering experience

He started as a porter and now he has climbed 8 of 14 Eight-thousanders. In 2015 his team tried to scale the Nanga Parbat in winter and was unsuccessful. They again tried in 2016 and summited the peak, it was the first ever winter summit of Nanga Parbat. He has climbed Nanga Parbat four times. In January 2018 Ali Sadpara teamed up with Alex Txikon, a Spanish mountaineer, to summit the Mount Everest in winter without any supplemental oxygen.[1][2][3]

In June 2018 he has been enlisted by Marc Batard to undertake a five year program known as “Beyond Mount Everest”. They plan to summit Nanga Parbat, K2 and Mount Everest in 2019, 2021 and 2022 respectively. [4]

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References
  1. "Ali Sadpara set to hoist Pakistan's flag on Mount Everest | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  2. Nagri, Jamil (2018-01-02). "GB mountaineer to summit Everest without supplemental oxygen". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  3. "Alex Txikon, Ali Sadpara begin toughest winter climb on Mt Everest". The Himalayan Times. 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  4. "Sadpara joins French mountaineer for 'Beyond Mount Everest' expedition". The Nation. 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
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