ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistani mountaineer Samina Baig has successfully skied to the South Pole, becoming the first Pakistani toachieve this feat.
While reporting the achievement, Samina Baig said that the experience has been the most challenging and meaningful journey of her life, and it is difficult to describe in words.
She said that from reaching the summit of Mount Everest in 2013 to the highest peaks of the 7 continents, climbing K2 and Nanga Parbat, and now reaching the South Pole, this journey has shown me the highest mountains and remote places on earth.
The female mountaineer from Hunza said that the journey has never been easy.
It has been about trusting in dreams, maintaining determination in uncertain situations, and moving forward even on a path that seems impossible.
Samina especially gave a message to young women that striving to fulfill dreams is never in vain.
Samina Baig also thanked her financial and emotional supporters, saying that carrying the Pakistani flag across mountains, continents, and polar ice caps was the greatest honor of her life.
She said that she is grateful for every opportunity, every lesson and the support of every person who has stepped forward with her on this journey.
