Pakistani mountaineer Salman Atiq has successfully summited Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, becoming the thirteenth Pakistani to achieve this feat. At 11:39 a.m. local time on Thursday, Salman Atiq proudly raised Pakistan’s national flag atop the 8,848-meter mountain situated in Nepal.
Last year, he also scaled Mount Manaslu, another major Himalayan peak in Nepal.
According to the Secretary General of Nepal’s Expedition Operators Association, the single-day record for the Nepalese side—which saw 223 ascents on May 22, 2019—still stands. While the world record for a single day across both faces of the mountain remains 354 (also established on May 23, 2019), Thursday’s outstanding accomplishment marks another historic milestone for Pakistan’s mountaineering community.