Shehroze Kashif

Shehroze Kashif (born 11 March 2002)[1] is a Pakistani mountaineer who became the youngest climber in the world to summit K2 on 27 July 2021 at 8:10am.[2][3] He became the youngest Pakistani to summit Everest on 11 May 2021.[4][5] After the successful summit of Mount Everest, Sports Board Punjab made him the youth ambassador of Punjab, Pakistan.[6] He summited Broad Peak at the age of 17, after which he was called “The Broad Boy”. He started climbing mountains at the age of 11 with the first one being Makra Peak, followed by Musa ka Musalla and Chembra Peak at age 12, Mingli Sar in Shimshal at age 13 and Khurdopin Pass at age 15 and Khosar Gang in alpine style at 18 years of age. [7][8][9]

Sherhroze Kashif
Kashif in 2021
Born11 March 2002 (2002-03-11) (age 20)
Pakistan
OccupationMountaineer

Mountaineering expeditions

References
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  2. "19-year old Pakistani climber Shehroz Kashif is the world's youngest person to scale K2 - Scaling K2". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
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  6. "Young mountaineer Shehroze Kashif appointed Youth Ambassador of Youth Affairs and Sports Department Punjab | Sports Board Punjab". sportsboard.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
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  8. "PM, President Commend Shehroz Kashif Over His Successful Mt. Everest Summit". 12 May 2021.
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  11. "Pakistani, 19, becomes youngest person to summit K2". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  12. "Nepal: Teams in Base Camp, Begin Rotations". Explorersweb. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-09-23.


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