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"But in 1954 he was let down by the people he was trying to help." "My father wanted to be the first Pakistani to put his country's flag on top of K2," says Amir Mehdi's son Sultan Ali, aged 62.
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The Hunza porters, equivalent of the Sherpas in Nepal, are still in great demand for expeditions to Pakistan's highest peaks, such as K2, Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak and Gasherbrum I and II - five of the world's 14 mountains more than 8,000m high.īut Amir Mehdi, a member of the Italian expedition that triumphed on K2 in 1954, is today a forgotten man. I travelled to this remote place after discovering it had been the home of one of Pakistan's pioneering high altitude porters, Amir Mehdi - also known as Hunza Mehdi. In the picturesque Hunza Valley, off the Karakoram Highway that connects north Pakistan with the Chinese province of Xinjiang, lies the village of Hasanabad. Instead he was betrayed by his Italian companions, left to spend a night on the ice without shelter, and was lucky to survive. The story of a forgotten Hero.Īmir Mehdi wanted to be the first Pakistani to scale the country's highest peak, K2, and as one of the strongest climbers in the first team to conquer the summit, 60 years ago, he nearly did. This is an old story by BBC but it worth a read in current circumstances.