Women climbers from Pakistan and Iran reach K2 summit

Pakistani mountaineer Samina Baig flashes a victory sign while she poses for a photograph outside a hotel, in Skardu, Pakistan, on June 17, 2021. Baig from Pakistan and another from Iran appear to be the first females from their countries to reach the top of K2, July 22, 2022 (MZ Balti/AP/PA)

A climber from Pakistan and another from Iran are thought to be the first women from their countries to reach the top of K2, one of the world’s highest and most dangerous summits.

Samina Baig, a 32-year-old mountaineer from a village in northern Pakistan, planted her country’s green and white flag at the peak of the 28,250 feet-high (8,610 metre) K2 mountain on Friday.