Muhammad Ali Sadpara

Biography

Muhammad Ali Sadpara, born February 2, 1976, and died February 5, 2021, was a Pakistani mountaineer. He was part of the team that achieved the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat. His two teammates, Alex Txikon and Simone Moro, later stated that they could not have done it without Sadpara's genius. He is the only Pakistani mountaineer to have successfully climbed four 8,000-meter peaks in a single calendar year. His 20-year-old son also climbed K2 in the summer of 2019. He was born in the village of Sadpara, on the outskirts of Skardu, in northern Pakistan. He began his career as a porter. Hi…