The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) on Wednesday said it will recommend mountaineer Samina Baig’s name for the pride of performance and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz awards.
Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters. Samina completed the climb to the summit with her brother Mirza Ali, who became the third and youngest Pakistani male to scale the mountain.
Talking to APP, ACP secretary Abu Zafar Sadiq said it was a great honour not only for ACP but for the whole nation and for that, he will recommend Samina’s name for the two national awards.
“On her return here, ACP will be honouring her with a lavish reception,” he said adding that ACP will be sponsoring Samina for her future mountaineering commitments. He further said that ACP will introduce Samina to women around the country to encourage them to come into the sport of climbing.
via Samina Baig: Top award for Everest climber proposed – The Express Tribune.
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Pet Peeve alert!!
I have repeatedly seen the Pakistani media state that 29 year old Mirza became the youngest Pakistani male to climb Everest in the same breath as Samina becoming the first Pakistani female to climb the world’s tallest peak. Fact is, Samina is not only the first female from Pakistani to get to the top, but at only 21 she is also the youngest Pakistani to do it – period. To clarify in another way, her achievement given her age is not best within a sub-category, as has been implied.
Mirza’s achievement, while note-worthy, needs really to be mentioned as a secondary point. It is not on equal footing, and in Western media (given the singular and unparalleled achievement by his sister) would be mentioned more as a footnote.
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