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Shehroze Kashif (Urdu: شہروز کاشف; born 11 March 2002) is a Pakistani mountaineer who became the youngest climber in the world to summit K2 on 27 July 2021. He became the youngest Pakistani to summit Mount Everest on 11 May 2021. After the successful summit of Mount Everest, Sports Board Punjab made him the youth ambassador of Punjab, Pakistan. He summited Broad Peak at the age of 17, after which he was called 'The Broad Boy'.
He currently holds two Guinness World Records for being the youngest to climb K2 and the youngest to climb Broad Peak.
Early years
He started climbing mountains at the age of 11 with the first one being Makra Peak, followed by Musa ka Musalla and Chembra Peak at age 12, Mingli Sar in Shimshal at age 13 and Khurdopin Pass at age 15 and Khosar Gang in alpine style at 18 years of age.
2020s
On 5 May 2022, Kashif became the youngest in the world and the first Pakistani to reach the summit of Kangchenjunga - the third highest peak in the world. On 16 May 2022, Kashif summited the world's fourth-highest peak, Lhotse (8,516m), in Nepal. On 28 May 2022, Kashif and Sirbaz Khan summited 8,485 metres Makalu, the world's fifth-highest peak, in Nepal.
In July 2022, Kashif and Fazal Ali went missing between Camp 4 and Camp 3, after successfully summiting Nanga Parbat. However, the duo was discovered shortly after.
On 1 November 2022, Shehroze Kashif was recognised by Guinness World Records for the year 2023 for summiting Mount Everest and K2.
Mountaineering expeditions
- Broad Peak 14 July 2019
- Mount Everest 11 May 2021
- K2 - 27 July 2021
- Manaslu - 25 September 2021
- Kangchenjunga - 05 May 2022
- Lhotse - 16 May 2022
- Makalu - 28 May 2022
- Nanga Parbat - 5 July 2022
- Gasherbrum II - 08 August 2022
- Gasherbrum I - 12 August 2022
- Annapurna - 16 April 2023
- Dhaulagiri - 17 May 2023
- Manaslu - 17 May 2023
- Cho Oyu - 06 October 2023
