Olympian Sabrina returns to Austria after successfully completing Karachi to K2 mission

The four-time Olympian judoka Sabrina Filzmoser fulfilled her her dream of completing the mission to spread the message of peace and cycling from Karachi to K2 as a part of Judo for Peace expedition.

She began her journey in Karachi on May 22 just a day after arriving the City of Lights, where she also visited Jinnah's Mausoleum and the Sea View, before making her way towards Hyderababd and Sukkur while Pakistan was under an extreme heatwave.

She was very interactive on her journey that she covered on a bicycle but also stopped in every city to train with local judokas.

She documented her journey on her instagram account as well.

She was travelling on her own expense but she was supported by the Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) when it came to logistics, security, and mingling with the local judo community.

"Sabrina returned to Karachi after completing her mission," the PJF secretary Masood Ahmed told The Express Tribune. " She returned to Austria on Friday morning after an extraordinary journey."

In June, she achieved the incredible feat of becoming the first woman in Pakistan's history to complete the journey of 2,324 km in just 10 days.

On her reaching in Skardu Sabrina reflected on her effort with joy and pride, after an arduous journey that she solely covered on her bicycle.

"It was a challenging day from Gilgit to Skardu, 14 hours on the road, rain, heat, headwind, crosswind, mudslides, rockfalls, blockages, technical issues, but it's all done and dusted. Safely in Gilgit-Baltistan," she text The Express Tribune back in June. "Now I will spend time preparing for the expedition, working on the permits, train with the Baltistan cycling club and the Judo kids.

"Then there'll be a possible one further section on MTB to Askole, probably starting in 10 days, and from there we'll the trek on the Baltoro glacier.

"K2 base camp is very remote, we need at least 1 week to reach it from Askole. Afterwards acclimatization period will start, and the actual K2-climbing is possible in a short window end of July/beginning of August."

The Austrian athlete covered 2,324 km on her bike, the total altitude she gained was 118,386 meters, and spent 111.45 hours on the road, according to the statistics shared by Ahmed at that point.
Sabrina has taken up this journey on her own resources, however, the PJF is helping with logistics wherever they can.

From May 21 from Karachi, she then went on to complete the first leg upwards from Karachi to Hyderabad and then Sukkur in sweltering temperatures of 48 to 52 degrees Celsius.

From there onwards she reached Rahim Yar Khan to Lahore and then the nation's capital in Islamabad.

Later the International Judo Federation Athletes' Commission chairperson went ahead to Gilgit-Baltistan. She briefly left to attend an important International Judo Federation meeting.
But she returned in less than a week, began preparing for her K2 expedition and spent more than a month on it, before returning to Karachi to conclude her journey.