“If I were to die early, I’d rather die on a mountain than on a road or elsewhere. To become part of something that you love so much… if you become part of a mountain forever, what else could you ask for?”
Nazir Sabir’s love for the mountains is inspiring and moving. His passion for mountaineering — particularly in Pakistan — shines through his kind eyes, as he talks and jokes about his experiences through the years and how he came close to death, twice, during a climbing career that spans over three decades.
Sabir became the first Pakistani to have climbed the world’s highest mountain — Mount Everest — in 2000, in addition to scaling four of the five highest peaks in the country, including K2 (the world’s second-highest mountain after Everest).
Born in a small village in the glorious Hunza Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, Sabir’s face lights up when the audience at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) gives him a standing ovation at the conclusion of his talk.
Read the interview at http://asiasociety.org | Asia Society.
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