Abdul Joshi
Abdul Joshi from Shimsal is a Pakistani mountaineer who became the first climber in the world to summit the main Passu Cones peak in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan on 14 August 2021. Abdul is known as the "Path Finder" amongst the local mountaineering fraternity for his talent for finding new, unclimbed routes. He is also the first person in the world to cross the F.N./Joshi Pass and Verjerav Pass. On 16 April 2021, Abdul became the first Pakistani to summit Annapurna, the tenth-highest peak in the world at, along with his climbing partner, Sirbaz Khan. On 16 May 2022, he became the 8th Pakistani to summit Mount Everest.
Abdul started his mountaineering career as a high-altitude porter on mountain expeditions in Pakistan. He climbed his first peak, Manglik Sar, at the age of 18.
Joshi once went up to Camp 3 of K2 when an avalanche swept their tents away and crushed their summit dreams. He has also been on a G2 expedition.
Abdul has also been involved in multiple high-altitude rescue operations. In June 2019, Abdul, who was at Camp 3 of Passu Cones, only from the summit, received news of an avalanche that had hit an Italian-Pakistani expedition on Melvin Jones Peak. Abdul abandoned his expedition and joined a four-member team to rescue the stranded climbers. On 12 September 2021, Abdul led a successful rescue operation on Rakaposhi to retrieve three stranded climbers, two of whom were Czech citizens climbing without permits.