{"id":40470,"date":"2025-01-14T14:33:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=40470"},"modified":"2025-01-14T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:33:31","slug":"samar-khan-surmounts-the-highest-mount-in-latin-america-alone-with-loan-hoists-pakistani-flag-the-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/samar-khan-surmounts-the-highest-mount-in-latin-america-alone-with-loan-hoists-pakistani-flag-the-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Samar Khan Surmounts the Highest Mount in Latin America -ALONE with LOAN Hoists Pakistani Flag @ the Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40472\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samar-Khan-Pakistan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samar-Khan-Pakistan.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samar-Khan-Pakistan-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samar-Khan-Pakistan-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Islamabad: Monitoring Desk &#8211; Young Pakistani female mountaineer , Samar Khan summited\u00a0 highest peak in South America &#8220;Aconcagua&#8221; in Mendoza, Argentine that is 6,962 meters high. Samar started his adventure a couple of weeks ago on her own, Alone with Loan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">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.\u00a0It was only then that Samar took loan of million rupees and left for Argentina.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40473\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samar-Khan-Argentine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samar-Khan-Argentine.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samar-Khan-Argentine-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8221; 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.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Samar writes her experience as , &#8220;The climb was full of challenges, with one of the biggest being the extreme cold and harsh winds of the Andes. However, with Allah&#8217;s grace and prayers of my friends and family, I successfully completed the climb.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">She has expressed her deep thanks to S<span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\">ummit Scholarship Foundation<\/span> for providing her this fully funded climbing opportunity &amp; <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\">sstroeer<\/span> for believing in her &amp; supporting her in various ways.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40474\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samar-Khan-Aconcagua.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samar-Khan-Aconcagua.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Samar-Khan-Aconcagua-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Samar shares credit with the accompanying friends as well. She said, &#8220;This achievement could not have been possible without the strong mountain guides &amp; friends @luchi.marun<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\">@dani.rudinsky<\/span> &amp; <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\">@shea.mccray<\/span> who ensured we were well prepared for the difficult summit push.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">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.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Aconcagua peak<\/strong> 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).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">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\u2019s border with Chile. The mountain is one of the Seven Summits of the seven continents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Monitoring Desk &#8211; Young Pakistani female mountaineer , Samar Khan summited\u00a0 highest peak in South America &#8220;Aconcagua&#8221; in Mendoza, Argentine that is 6,962 meters high. Samar started his adventure a couple of weeks ago on her own, Alone with Loan.\u00a0 She posted her pictures at the top of the summit on 14 Jan alongwith [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,46,85],"tags":[6480,6283,405,6589,48,6479,532,312],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40470"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40478,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40470\/revisions\/40478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}