Hasan Sadpara - A Proud of the Nation

May 12, 2011 is the historical and memorable day for Hasan Sadpara, the second Pakistani mountaineer who conquered to reach the Mount Everest top, the world's highest peak which is about 8,848 meters (29,029 ft).
Before this, Nazir Sabir had climbed the peak of the Mount Everest in May 17, 2000. Co-incidentally, both the mountaineers attempted their victorious effort in the month of May and nearby dates as well.

A Pakistani adventurer named Hasan of a small local village called Sadpara about 7-8 km from Skardu climbed the highest peak, the Mount Everest. He had dedicated this great achievement to his home village. The 48 year mountaineer proudly announced to call him Hassan Sadpara so that his native village's name will ever become the part of history with his name. He was born in 1963; he got the inspiration of hiking and mountain climbing since his childhood as his father used to do the same. He had never thought of this great victory ever in his life. He just started his livelihood by opening a shop in the bazaar nearby Skardu away from his village where he used to sell new and old mountaineering tools and equipments.

Then, one day he got a chance to go on his first excursion as a mountain porter with the professional mountaineers by carrying out their gear and other stuff up the hill. He always enjoyed his trip along with them and gradually picked up the idea to do something of the same for his home town and finally at the age of 33 in 1996 he was determined to choose his career as a professional mountaineer. His will power was very strong and he had made up his mind to do a great achievement in his life. He proved himself and by the grace of Almighty Allah, he succeeded in his mission and got the Title not only for himself but also brought up the name of his small village in the world.

Before this, he had already become the first Baltistani (a region in northern Pakistan which forms Gilgit-Baltistan) to have conquered the five peaks of Pakistan which are Nanga Parbat (8126 meters) in the year 1999, The K2 (8611 meters) in 2004, Gasherbrum I (8080 meters) and Gasherbrum II (8034 meters) in the year 2006 and Broad Peak (8051 meters) this year. The main thing to mention here is that all those entire attempts were done without the aid of oxygen and other necessary tools and equipments which a mountaineer is needed during such a dreadful adventure. His inspiration made him to fly high in the mountains and he managed it well with the resources what he could get for his help to climb up into the Valley of Death.