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).
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.
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