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Baig, who hails from Hunza in Gilgit-Baltistan, was on a mission to raise the Pakistanis flag on the highest peaks of the seven continents.
She achieved her target with her brother Mirza Ali on July 24.
Mirza Ali on their Twitter and Facebook accounts announced that the brother and sister duo had reached the summit of Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus mountains.
Last of the 7Summits,#saminabaig 1st pakistani & first muslim woman to complete the 7highest Mtains in 7Continents pic.twitter.com/yRCphQZmNJ
— Mirza Ali (@Mirza_climb) July 24, 2014
The summit means that Samina Baig has summitted all the highest peaks on the seven continents.
7summits in 7continets.#adventurediplomacy #womenempowerment, #genderequality,i am sure this is not news for pakistan pic.twitter.com/rT1xfC14x2
— Mirza Ali (@Mirza_climb) July 25, 2014
Mirza added that they had managed to reach the summit at 9am local time.
Previously Samina Baig and her brother Mirza Ali had climbed Mount Everest on May 19, 2013. Samina had become the first Pakistani woman to climb Everest.
Prior to climbing Mt Elbrus, the duo had climbed Mount McKinley in Alaska in June 2014, and Mount Puncak Jaya in Indonesia in March 2014.
Last year, they climbed to the summits of Mt Aconcagua in South America in December 2013, Mount Vinson in Antartica in January 2013 and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in February 2013.
Baig added that since Everest was closed this year due to an avalanche, he would attempt it again next year, which would then make him and Samina the first siblings to complete the seven summits on seven continents.
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We are soooo proud of u both.mau Allah give both of u many success in your life Ameen
We are so proud of u both.
heartly congratulations to both of you. You are the real pride of nation. Congrats bro. Congrats sis.
Dear Sir/madam,
I have been following the inspiring achievements of the mountaineering duo of Mirza Ali and Samina Baig. I congratulate them for successful completion of ‘adventure diplomacy’, with Samina climbing the seven summits and Mirza climbing six summits.
I am writing to draw attention to several media reports in Pakistan (both in local and national dailies), which have reported (what clearly appears) a false world record claim being made by Mr Mirza. I have read in these reports that ‘Samina is world’s fastest and youngest female to climb 7 summits’ and that the duo are the the world’s first siblings to climb seven summits. I find that both are wrong. In 2013, Vanessa O'Brien became the fastest female to complete the Seven Summits (including Carstenz Pyramid), finishing in 10 months. In May 2007, Samantha Larson completed the seven when she was 18 years and 220 days (she is still the youngest woman to have climbed the Seven Summits).
I also saw ‘world record’ written prominently on welcome banner in Serena hotels and also their claim as ‘1st siblings to scale 7 summits’ (through several local/national newspapers). The fact is Mirza has not yet climbed Everest with Samina, so that claim too is wrong! I do believe that such unverified and unsubstantiated ‘false’ claims will project adverse image of mountaineers in general and of Pakistani climbers in particular. May be you could verify and have issue correction suitably.
Yours, Moksh Sinha
Awsome. Keep it up.
Proud of you. You guys represent the true essence of a Pakistani: hardworking, determined, unwilling to quit! Great job!
Congratulations.
Fantastic and congrats for being a new breed of heroes for young Pakistanis.
Now she is free to have seven babies and name them after those those mountains.
@shahid: I donated their shoes.
Great job!
We are proud on both of you. Keeping on raising Pakistani flag high.
You are the real pride and inspiration for Pakistani people. All the love and respect. Heartiest congratulations.
It is a great victory for Pakistan.
Proud of her .
@SK: That is why you are at the bottom and they are at the top;
Amazing job guys..
This is wrong. Why was she not fasting?
Looks as if the peak in picture can be climbed by anyone even if they walk back wards.
Good brother good sister bravo!
Great job!!! proud of you!!
Great job guys. We are proud of you. Other sports such as mountaineering should be promoted in Pakistan, not just Cricket.