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Pakistan Youth Outreach

A Youth Mountaineering Education Program


Arshad Karim


Arshad Karim is a 26 years old young man, who is also from the same valley as Mirza Ali, the Shimshal Valley in the extreme northeast of Pakistan in the heart of the massive Karakorum. Arshad Karim is a young, agile, and daring young man whose start in mountaineering was similar to that of Mirza Ali.  The passion of mountaineering drove him to do a solo climb of a 5800m peak and then later on he climbed a 6050m peak.  In autumn of 2009, he attended a training camp where he was trained in basic mountaineering and he now has a big dream to be partners with Mirza Ali, with the hope of making a turn in the history of Pakistani mountaineering and to open vistas for the new generation.  He hopes they will learn to explore and indulge themselves in adventure sports and to develop a close relationship with nature and the environment.


Arshad Karim’s Climbing Record:


S/No
Name of Peak
Name of Group
Height
Year
1
Quz Sar
Self
5800m
2006
2
Chaskin Sar/Samina Peak
Pakistan Youth Outreach/Satwa Guna
6400m
2010
3
Kohi Brobar (Mt. Equality)
Pakistan Youth Outreach
6008m
2011