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Know Samina Khayal Baig, first Pakistani woman to climb Everest

New Delhi: On Wednesday Samina Baig and her brother Mirza Ali scaled Mount Carstensz Pyramid, the highest peak in Indonesia.      After a six-hour-long climb, the siblings hoisted the Pakistani flag on top of the mountain on

India TV Sports Desk Published : Mar 20, 2014 11:59 IST, Updated : Dec 04, 2014 10:35 IST

 


The The Express Tribune reported that Baig had not used any supplementary oxygen,although The Hindu reported that she had planned the opposite. Commencing on April 1, Baig and company climbed the Nepalese south face of the mountain. The expedition to the summit took 48 days, the team traversed the South Col pass in eight hours, with the mountaineers reaching their goal on the sixtieth anniversary of Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing first successful conquest of Everest.


 

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