KARACHI, Pakistan

Sirbaz Khan has become the first Pakistani to summit all 14 of the world’s peaks over 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) without supplementary oxygen, the country's official mountaineering association announced Sunday.

Khan completed the feat after reaching the 8,586-meter (28,169-foot) summit of Kangchenjunga in Nepal — world's third-highest mountain — on Sunday morning, according to Karar Haidri, secretary general of the Alpine Club of Pakistan.

Hailing from Hunza Valley in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, the 34-year-old climber only began his climbing career in 2016. Last year, he also made history by becoming the first Pakistani to climb all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks, though some of those ascents used oxygen support.

In 2019, he became the first Pakistani to summit Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest mountain at 8,516m (27,940 ft), which he did from Nepal and without using supplementary oxygen.

He also summited the 8,125m (26,657 ft) Nanga Parbat in 2017, the 8,611m (28,251 ft) K2 in 2018, and in 2019, Broad Peak, which boasts a height of 8,163m (26,782 ft).

In 2022, he climbed the 8,091m (26,545 ft) Mount Anapurna, the 8,035m (26,362 ft) Gasherbrum II, and the 8,848m (29,029 ft) Mount Everest – the world’s tallest peak.

Last October, he became the first Pakistani climber to summit all 14 mountains at a height of over 8,000m after ascending the 8,027m (26,335 ft) Shishapangma peak in Tibet.