First Pakistani Woman to Summit Gondogoro Peak

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The Gondogoro Peak summit is well-known amongst the international mountaineering community as a tough expedition.

On September 2, 2021, at 1:43 pm, Saba Haleem (BSc Economics 2022), President LUMS Adventure Society (LAS) successfully summited Gondogoro Peak in the Hushe Valley at Skardu, becoming the first woman from Pakistan to do so. Journeying alongside her were four other members of LAS, Syed Qasim Shah (BSc Economics and Politics 2022), Hamza Farooq (Bsc Economics and Politics 2022), Ahmed Qazi (BSc Computer Science 2022), and Muhammad Ateeque (BSc Economics and Politics 2022). The group also became the first-ever student-led expedition to the Peak.

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