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Sohail Sakhi Wanted Pakistanis to Own Their Mountains

The mountaineer from Hunza climbed K2 without bottled oxygen, trained children and built a local expedition company before an avalanche killed him on Broad Peak.

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Aug 02, 2026
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On August 15, 2020, Sohail Sakhi stood alone at Darkot Pass, 4,703 meters above sea level. The crossing joins the Broghil Valley in Chitral to the Yasin Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan. Sakhi had walked t…

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