Samar Khan first Pakistani woman to climb Europe's highest peak
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She proudly flies national flag at the summit
(Web Desk) - Adventure athlete Samar Khan conquered Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe, and descended the 5,642-metre summit by snowboarding, marking a historic achievement as the first Pakistani woman to accomplish this feat.
From Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dir district, Samar reached the summit at 10am local time, proudly hoisting Pakistan's flag. She has now made history as the first Pakistani woman to snowboard down Mount Elbrus.
"I am thrilled to share that I have successfully ascended Europe's highest peak, Mt Elbrus, and accomplished a snowboarding descent, making history as the first Pakistani to achieve this milestone in the world of action sports," she wrote on Instagram.
"I set out for the summit push around 3am and reached the top by 10am with a green flag, followed by an exhilarating snowboarding descent from Elbrus," she added by thanking everyone for the support.
It must be noted that Samar is the first woman in the world to have cycled on the third-largest non-polar glacial system, Biafo Glacier and Godwin Austen Glacier, in the Karakoram mountains of Gilgit Baltistan.
She is also the first Pakistani to have cycled on the roof of Africa, Kilimanjaro, in 2017.
When her sports endeavours were not recognised in her own country, the ESPNW Global Sports Mentoring Program selected her to be mentored by top sports executives in the United States.
She also summited an unclimbed peak of 5610m in Shimshal, Gilgit Baltistan, with a snowboarding descent. The mountain was later named after her as ‘Ghar e Samar’ (Pashto).
After being mentored by Burton Snowboards in Vermont, she not only excelled as a snowboarder but also founded her initiative, ‘Samar Camp’, through which she offers sports camps like mountain biking, backpacking, and snowboarding for girls and women in Pakistan.
Khan won a silver medal in the Sadia Khan Championship in 2022 and emerged as the winner of the Red Bull Homerun snowboarding category in 2021.
