Islamabad: Monitoring Desk – Young Pakistani female mountaineer , Samar Khan summited highest peak in South America “Aconcagua” in Mendoza, Argentine that is 6,962 meters high. Samar started his adventure a couple of weeks ago on her own, Alone with Loan. She posted her pictures at the top of the summit on 14 Jan alongwith her other friends in which she is hoisting Pakistan flag. Here it is worth mentioning again that no Pakistani company or government sponsored Samar for this venture. It was only then that Samar took loan of million rupees and left for Argentina.
” I started my climb with an amazing team of nine strong women at 4:15 AM and reached the summit of the highest peak in South America at 2:00 PM, she noted on her social media page.
Samar writes her experience as , “The climb was full of challenges, with one of the biggest being the extreme cold and harsh winds of the Andes. However, with Allah’s grace and prayers of my friends and family, I successfully completed the climb.”
She has expressed her deep thanks to Summit Scholarship Foundation for providing her this fully funded climbing opportunity & sstroeer for believing in her & supporting her in various ways.
Samar shares credit with the accompanying friends as well. She said, “This achievement could not have been possible without the strong mountain guides & friends @luchi.marun
@dani.rudinsky & @shea.mccray who ensured we were well prepared for the difficult summit push.
Now when Samar has proved herself , it is expected that the government of Pakistan or some companies can support her in returning her loan and sponsor her next ventures.
Aconcagua peak that is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, and the highest in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere with a summit elevation of 6,961 metres (22,838 ft).
Despite its impressive size and stature, it is only the 189th highest mountain in the world. It lies 112 kilometres (70 miles) northwest of the provincial capital, the city of Mendoza, about five kilometres (three miles) from San Juan Province, and 15 km (9 mi) from Argentina’s border with Chile. The mountain is one of the Seven Summits of the seven continents.
