| Hassan sadpara ﺣﺴﻦ ﺳﺪﭘﺎرہ | |
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| Born | 1963 Sadpara Village, Skardu, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Adventurer, Mountaineer, High Altitude Porter |
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Hassan Sadpara (Urdu language: ﺣﺴﻦ ﺳﺪﭘﺎرہ ) (born 1963) is a Pakistani adventurer from a small village, named Sadpara, 7 kilometres from Skardu. He is the first Baltistani to have climbed all five eight-thousanders of Pakistan: K2 (8611m), Gasherbrum I (8080m), Gasherbrum II (8034m), Nanga Parbat (8126 m), and Broad Peak (8051m). He climbed all five without supplemental oxygen. He started his mountaineering career in 1996, inspired by his father.[1]
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Career
Unlike most climbers from the West, who are equipped with state of the art climbing gear (and sometimes sponsored by multinational corporations), Hassan Sadpara started his career from a mud house with very few resources, and has climbed with whatever gear he could manage. He has worked as a porter for various expeditions, including ones led by Koreans and Poles.[1]. He also runs a shop for second hand and new mountaineering equipment in the Skardu bazaar.
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The Top Five Pakistani summits (eight thousanders)
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- K2, 8611 m in 1994
- Nanga Parbat (8126 m in 1999
- Gasherbrum I (G-1) (8080m) in 2006
- Broad Peak (8051m) in 2007
- Gasherbrum II (G-2) (8034m), in 2006[2]
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Other adventures
In Jan 2009 he met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, along with fellow K2 climber Shaheen Baig, Nazir Sabir (president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan) and other officials. The president appreciated their efforts and assured them he would extend all possible support for the Mount Everest expedition in 2009, which is planned to proceed without supplemental oxygen.[citation needed]
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