Naila Kiani, renowned mountaineer, achieves milestone after she completed her climbing expenditure to Nanga Parbat, which is the ninth highest mountain in the world, on 2 July.
She was among a group of about 40 climbers including foreigners attempting to summit the Nanga Parbat, also known as the ‘Killer Mountain’ due to its high fatality rate
With a height of approximately 8126 metres, this mountain peak is identified as the ‘Killer Mountain’
Prior to this, Naila also completed her summit to Mount Everest, the highest mountain range in the road, in May.
Naila Kiani graduated in Aerospace Engineering from University of London.
She has worked in Banking and engineering
Naila is also a trained boxer and rock climber.
Ever since her journey as a mountaineer started, she managed to achieve many great attainments.
She made her first major trek in 2018 at the Karakoram 2 base camp trek
- In July 2021, Kiani became the first Pakistani female mountaineer to successfully ascend the 8,035-metre Gasherbrum II — the world’s 13th highest mountain. She was the first Pakistani female to summit any of the five Pakistani peaks above 8000 meters.
- In July 2022, Kiani became one of only two Pakistani women alongside Samina Baig to climb the 8,611-metre-high K2 — the 2nd highest mountain in the world. Naila successfully climbed K2 in her first attempt.
- In August 2022, Kiani became the first Pakistani female to successfully summit the peak of the 8,080-metre Gasherbrum I — the 11th highest mountain in the world.
- She also became the first Pakistani female to climb Gasherbrum I straight after climbing K2.
- In April 2023, Kiani became the first Pakistani woman to scale the 8,091-metre Annapurna — the world’s 10th highest mountain located in Nepal.
- In May 2023, Naila Kiani became the second Pakistani woman to climb the 8,848-metre-high Mount Everest. She was the first international climber to reach the summit of Everest in 2023.Naila Kiani is being praised all over the world especially in Pakistan.This is just one of her many achievements that are yet to come in future.
She is an inspiration to every woman who dreams of becoming a mountaineer and never being scared of following their dreams.
