LAHORE – Pakistani young lady and Mountaineer Komal Uzair has achieved the title of the second Pakistani woman to scale the Sputnik peak in Nagar Valley. Komal was accompanied by her brother Shayan Anwer during the expedition.
They also wore an Ajrak at the summit as they are the first siblings from Sindh to summit Spantik peak. The brave girl had completed this unbelievable task along her brother Shayan, completed their summit on the morning of August 6 at 9:46 am.
Komal told that “It wasn’t an easy expedition for us as just before we were ascending, the weather got worse and we had to stay in base camp for five days”.
Spantik is also known as Golden Peak and is in Spantik-Sosbun Mountains subrange of the Karakoram in Nagar Valley, Gilgit Baltistan. Its northwest face features an exceptionally hard climbing route known as the “Golden Pillar”. It lies east of Diran and northeast of Malubiting.
Komal is the second Pakistani woman to scale Spantik after Uzma Yousuf. Uzma had completed the summit on August 2, 2017.
Komal’s brother, Shayan also expressed his joy saying, “I’m really proud of my sister”. Shayan shared that after climbing 7,000m peak they are now aiming to reach 8,000m in the next attempt.
Komal, you have proved that girls can do anything and yes you will be a source a inspiration and motivation for many other young girls out there.
