Ali Raza Sadpara, a renowned mountaineer and teacher to a new generation of climbers, was seriously injured when he fell from a mountain in Skardu during routine training.
Raza Sadpara holds the distinction of having climbed all 17 of Pakistan’s 8,000m peaks. Raza also taught the late Ali Sadpara and Hasan Sadpara.
Sadpara was on a routine training expedition in his village when he lost his balance and fell off the mountain, according to Karar Haideri, secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan.
“He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors confirmed serious injuries to his ribs and backbone,” he said.
It’s worth noting that Sadpara was planning to summit K2 – Pakistan’s highest peak – this season because it was his only remaining eight-thousander.
Ali Raza Sadpara has a record of 17 summits of Broad Peak, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II, and Nanga Parbat and has raised the Pakistani flag on 8000-meter summits more times than any other mountaineer.
Locals, well-wishers, friends, and family members all wished him a speedy recovery.
