Renowned mountaineer Little Karim passes away in Rawalpindi
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Renowned porter-turned-mountaineer Muhammad Karim better known as ‘Little Karim’ has passed away in CMH Rawalpindi Monday morning battling liver cancer, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Karim was born in Hushe valley of District Ghanche of Gilgit Baltistan (GB).
Renowned mountaineer Muhammad Karim aka #LittleKarim has passed away in CMH Rawalpindi today morning.
— PAMIR TIMES ® (@pamirtimes) April 4, 2022
Karim was born in #Hushe valley of District #Ghanche.
French documentary film maker Laurent Chevallier prepared three different documentaries on Karim. pic.twitter.com/ryCKGrut1J
He had climbed Gasherbrum II without supplementary oxygen.
Karim reached Skardu city in 1976 from his home town to fulfill his dream to become a high-altitude porter.
As per reports, initially he was rejected by a team by looking at his stature that he would not be able to carry 25 Kg of weight up to the base camp of K-2. Though he was in his teens, he looked like a 10 year old boy due to his appearance.
إِنَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
— Alpine Adventure Guides (@Alpine_Pakistan) April 4, 2022
The legendary climber and pride of Pakistan Little Karim no more between us.
He has passed away in Rawalpindi today in the morning. May God rest his soul in Janntul Firdos.
Ameen!#littleKarim #mountaineer #karakoram #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/ANJekJn9Qe
A Swiss team ran out of porters and took him along. In the same trip he managed to summit a 7000 meter peak. The Spanish team write book about the life of little Karim and also make film at 2000 the film see on big screen in Spanish Cinema.
In 1985, Laurent Chevallier, a French documentary film maker, made a documentary on Karim.
In 1997, the same person made a documentary on him, this time, titled: Mr Karim. He was again filmed for the third time by the same person sometime later.
Reporter Rozina Ali