{"id":12479,"date":"2025-07-03T12:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12479"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:05:42","slug":"french-pakistani-mountaineers-pioneer-new-golden-peak-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12479","title":{"rendered":"French, Pakistani mountaineers pioneer new Golden Peak route"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In early June, French alpinist Mathieu Maynadier and Pakistan\u2019s Muizzuddinn pioneered a new route up the East Ridge of Spantik (7,027\u202fm), locally known as Golden Peak, in the Karakoram range.<\/p>\n<p>The ascent, which took place from June\u202f2 to\u202f7, was the first major mountain opening in Pakistan led by a local climber. The new 1,800\u202fm route, dubbed \u201cZindabad (long live)&#8221;, is graded M5 A1 at an 80\u00b0 incline. It is expected to be one of this summer\u2019s most notable climbs in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Mueez Ud din (@muizz.din)<\/p>\n<p>The duo spent 20 days acclimatising at the base camp, waiting out 10 days of poor weather before establishing higher camps at 5,200m and 5,800m. Despite the risk, they took advantage of a weather opening, enduring fresh snow and unstable slabs over five days. Just metres shy of the summit, they aborted due to a dangerous wind slab, but celebrated the route\u2019s completion as a symbol of national pride.<\/p>\n<p>Their descent took 36 hours via the normal route, with a final bivouac at 5,800\u202fm. For Muizz, this achievement is the first phase of a wider goal: to become Pakistan\u2019s first UIAGM-certified mountain guide.<\/p>\n<p>Muizz plans to begin his training in France this summer. If successful, he will become certified by 2029, and is aiming to help revive domestic guide programmes and training schools in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Spantik has a respected history of technical climbs, notably the 2000 French\u2013Slovenian ascent of its north face \u201cGolden Pillar\u201d. Maynadier, already an advocate for Pakistani alpinism, has achieved several first ascents and ski descents in the region.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early June, French alpinist Mathieu Maynadier and Pakistan\u2019s Muizzuddinn pioneered a new route up the East Ridge of Spantik (7,027\u202fm), locally known as Golden Peak, in the Karakoram range. The ascent, which took place from June\u202f2 to\u202f7, was the first major mountain opening in Pakistan led by a local climber. The new 1,800\u202fm route, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}