Overview

• Azad reached Manaslu’s 8,163-meter summit at 5:15 a.m. local time on September 26 and shared a photo raising Pakistan’s flag.
• The ascent makes her only the second Pakistani woman to achieve four 8,000-meter summits.
• Her success follows more than two years away from Himalayan expeditions.
• In 2023 she climbed Annapurna I and then scaled Everest and Lhotse in quick succession.
• She has completed the Seven Summits and plans to run the Chicago Marathon next month toward the Abbott World Marathon Majors.