Officials from the Alpine Club of Pakistan weren’t instantly out there to verify.

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A Norwegian girl stays on target to climb the world’s 14 “super peaks” within the shortest time ever, her Instagram account mentioned, after she summitted Pakistan’s Broad Peak, the ninth mountain on her quest.

Pakistan is dwelling to 5 of the world’s 14 tremendous peaks — these over 8,000 metres (26,246 toes). Climbing all of them is taken into account the last word achievement by mountaineers.

Kristin Harila is taking over Nepali adventurer Nirmal Purja’s 2019 file of six months and 6 days for climbing all 14.

On Thursday, day 76 of her pursuit, she scaled Broad Peak, the twelfth highest, a message on her Instagram web page mentioned.

Officials from the Alpine Club of Pakistan weren’t instantly out there to verify the 36-year-old’s newest feat, nevertheless it comes simply six days after they mentioned she had summitted K2, the world’s second highest peak.

“She is now descending to base camp, and then heading towards the two last mountains in the second phase of this project, Gasherbrum I and II,” the Instagram message learn.

A file variety of climbers are tackling Pakistan’s peaks this 12 months, however the mountains have taken their toll — with six individuals lacking and feared lifeless because the season started in June, together with 4 foreigners.

Canadian Richard Cartier, Australian Matthew Eakin, Afghan Ali Akbar and Pakistani Sharif Sadpara are feared lifeless on K2, officers from the Gilgit-Baltistan tourism division mentioned.

Briton Gordon Henderson was misplaced climbing Broad Peak, and Pakistani Iman Karim on Gasherbrum II.

Pakistan officers ordinarily do not listing lacking climbers as lifeless till their our bodies have been recovered.

Records have tumbled on Pakistan’s mountains this 12 months, in line with the Alpine Club, with over 140 individuals summiting the 8,611-metre K2 — together with 20 ladies.

Until this 12 months, it had been scaled simply 425 occasions, whereas Everest — the world’s highest — has been conquered by greater than 6,000 individuals since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reached the highest in 1953.

Last week, Sanu Sherpa, from Nepal, grew to become the primary individual to finish the double summit of all 14 tremendous peaks after reaching the highest of Gasherbrum II.

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