Meherban Karim

In 2002, Karim made his first attempt at an 8000er by climbing Broad Peak, which was unsuccessful due to bad weather conditions. In 2003, he climbed Gasherbrum II in an expedition led by Mr. Marin Gogglemann,[11] becoming his first successful attempt at an 8000er mountain. He summited Gasherbrum II without using supplemental Oxygen at the age of 23.[12][13]

In summer 2005, Karim and Hugues d'Aubarède reached Camp 4 accompanied by Edurne Pasaban. The pair completed a historical act by starting their summit push in the darkness of 2 a.m. After a long and continuous climb, they reached the summit at 9 a.m. without using any supplemental Oxygen. They they began their descent together. On the way, Edurne and Hugh stayed at Camp 4. After a continuous climb of 16 hours without Oxygen, Karim Reached the Base Camp at 6 p.m. where other climbers at the Base Camp were surprised to see him.[14][15]

After summiting Nanga Parbat quickly, Karim started to become known as a strong climber. In 2007, he was called by famous Mountaineer Simone La Terra for the Winter ascent of Nanga Parbat[16][17][18] which was unsuccessful. They reached the standard base camp on December 3 and established Camp 1 on the regular Kinshofer Route at 6000m with temperatures of -35 degrees Celsius. However, strong winter winds caused a constant hassle, and during the night of the 21st simply blew away their base camp kitchen tent - with everything in it. After that, La Terra decided to call off the expedition.[19][20]

Karim guided Hugues D’Aubarede on Nanga Parbat in 2005, which was successfully summited. Hugues hired him for climbing K2 in 2006 and 2007, but both expeditions were called off because of harsh weather conditions. In summer 2008, the pair made their third successful attempt to climb K2,[21] but both died in an avalanche while descending. Karim had summited K2 without using supplemental Oxygen.[22][23][24][25]