News Desk : dhakamirror.com
Babar Ali from Chattogram has summited Mount Everest and raised the red and green flag on the world’s highest peak.
He reached the summit at 8:30am local time (8:45am Bangladesh time) on Sunday, proudly raising the red and green flag of Bangladesh.
He began his journey on 1 April, after necessary preparations in Kathmandu on 4 April he flew to Lukla Airport, one of the most dangerous airports in the world.
From there he started his trek and reached Everest Basecamp on 10 April. After overcoming various hurdles he finally reached the summit today, reads a press release.
He has been trekking for the last decade, conquering various peaks of Nepal and India since the formation of mountaineers’ club Vertical Dreamers in 2014.
With this, Babar became the sixth Bangladeshi national to scale the Mount Everest. However, his journey has not ended as he plans to scale the fourth highest mountain in the world Lhotse, which is adjacent to Mt Everest.
Before him, Musa Ibrahim (2010), MA Muhit (2011), Nishat Majumder (2012), and Wasfia Nazreen (2012) successfully summited Mount Everest. Mentionable, Mohammed Khaled Hossain had also summited Mount Everest in 2013 but passed away on his way down.
