Sajid Sadpara climbs Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen

Sajid Sadpara, a Pakistani climber, made history by ascending Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain in Nepal, without the use of supplemental oxygen or Sherpa support, the 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Sunday.

Sajid Ali, the son of the legendary mountaineer, the late Mohammad Ali Sadpara, has the aim to climb all 14 eight-thousanders (all 14 mountains above 8000-meter high) without the aid of supplemental oxygen.

His most recent accomplishment was validated Sunday when he became the first South Asian climber to scale an 8,849-meter peak without the use of oxygen. He finished the mission two years after his father and two other climbers died while attempting to climb K2 in the winter.

The 23-year-old has already summited several high peaks, including K2, Gasherbrum-I, and Gasherbrum-II in Pakistan, as well as Manaslu in Nepal, without supplemental oxygen.

Sajid Ali completed the target with the help of renowned Nepalese mountaineer, Nirmal Purja. 

Speaking to the media after the mission, Sajid said that he undertook this mission to honor the memory of his late father and raise the Pakistani flag on the highest mountains.

“In the history of Pakistani mountaineering, no one has ever climbed Everest without oxygen. It was my father’s dream to accomplish this mountaineering challenge,” Sajid said.

Earlier, Sajid, who climbed the deadly K2 at the age of nineteen, was recently clicked at Annapurna which is located in Nepal and is notorious for its harsh climbing conditions as several climbers have lost lives.

Sajid’s achievement demonstrates his exceptional climbing talents and sheer willpower to ascend some of the world’s most difficult summits without oxygen.

This daring climber’s late father Ali Sadpara was also noted for having accomplished great things. The Pakistani government declared Ali Sadpara, John Snorri, and Juan Pablo Mohr dead in early 2021. He was so titled because he was the climber who never returned.