Samina Baig

Samina Baig
Born
Samina Khayal Baig

(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 34)
Shimshal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
OccupationMountaineer

Samina Khayal Baig (Urdu: ثمینہ خیال بیگ; born 19 September 1990)[1] is a Pakistani mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest in 2013, all Seven Summits by 2014, and K2 in 2022. She is the first Pakistani woman to climb Everest, K2 and the Seven Summits. She climbed Mt. Everest at the age of 21.[2][3][4]

Samina was the first to climb the peak Chashkin Sar (above 6,000 meters) in Pakistan in 2010, which was later renamed Samina Peak after her.[5][6] She reached the summit of 'Koh-i-Brobar' ('Mount Equality') in 2011.[6] An attempt at the seven kilometer high Spantik Peak ended in failure for Baig, due to adverse weather conditions.[6]

Samina was able to climb K2 in July 2022 at the age of 31 years 10 months and 5 days. She's the first Pakistani woman to achieve this feat.[7]

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  4. ^ "First Pakistani woman to scale Everest". The Hindu. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. ^ Agence France-Presse (21 May 2013). "Samina becomes first Pakistani woman to scale Everest". The Gulf Today. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "First Pakistani woman scales Mount Everest". Dawn. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Samina Baig Becomes First Pakistani Woman to Climb K2". 22 July 2022.