A Norwegian woman climbs the ninth mountain in her quest to break the world record for “super peaks.”
A Norwegian woman is still on track to complete the world’s 14 “super peaks” in the quickest time possible, according to her Instagram account, after submitting Pakistan’s Broad Peak, the ninth mountain on her list.
Pakistan has five of the world’s 14 super summits (those higher than 8,000 metres) (26,246 feet). Climbing them all is considered the pinnacle of mountaineering.
Kristin Harila is attempting to break Nepali explorer Nirmal Purja’s 2019 record of six months and six days spent climbing all fourteen peaks.
On Thursday, day 76 of her quest, she ascended Broad Peak, the twelfth highest peak, according to a message on her Instagram page.
The Alpine Club of Pakistan officials were not immediately available to confirm the 36-year-latest old’s accomplishment, but it comes just six days after they announced she had summited K2, the world’s second highest peak.
“She is now descending to base camp, and then moving towards the two final mountains in this project’s second phase, Gasherbrum I and II,” the Instagram statement said.
This year, a record number of climbers are attempting Pakistan’s summits, but the mountains have taken their toll, with six people missing and presumed dead since the season began in June, four of whom are foreigners.
The deaths of Canadian Richard Cartier, Australian Matthew Eakin, Afghan Ali Akbar, and Pakistani Sharif Sadpara are being investigated by the Gilgit-Baltistan tourism bureau.
Gordon Henderson of the United Kingdom went missing while ascending Broad Peak, while Pakistani Iman Karim went missing when climbing Gasherbrum II.
Officials in Pakistan typically do not declare missing climbers dead until their bodies have been recovered.
According to the Alpine Club, over 140 people, including 20 women, summited Pakistan’s mountains this year, shattering previous records.
It had only been ascended 425 times until this year, whereas Everest, the world’s highest, has been conquered by over 6,000 individuals since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reached the summit in 1953.
Sanu Sherpa of Nepal became the first person to complete the double summit of all 14 super peaks last week after reaching the summit of Gasherbrum II.