Summary It was first summited by Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard back in 1786.
(Web Desk) – Well-known mountaineer Mohammad Ali Sadpara has become the first Pakistani to summit Mont Blanc peak in Europe on Friday.
Hailing from Skardu, Sadpara, along with French climber Marc Batard and other and Nepali mountaineers, scaled Mont Blanc, 4,808 metres above sea level high, which is the highest peak in the Graian Alps and deadliest in the world. Sadpara previously scaled the peak of Mount Makalu. It is a popular destination for winter sports such as skiing and snowboarding.
It was first summited by Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard back in 1786.
Sadpara has previously climbed all five 8,000-metre-high peaks in Pakistan, including K2 (8,611m), Gasherbrum-I (8,080m), Gasherbrum-II (8,034m), Nanga Parbat (8,126m) and Broad Peak (8,051m). He is the first Pakistani to have climbed Nanga Parbat in winter.
He has also climbed 8,516-metre Lhotse peak, located on the border between Tibet region of China and Nepal, and 8,485-metre Makalu peak and, 8,156-metre Manaslu in Nepal, without bottled oxygen last year.
