Little Karim
Little Karim | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950/51 Hushe Valley, Ghanche District, Pakistan |
| Died | 4 April 2022 (aged 71)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Adventurer, mountaineer, high-altitude porter |
Mohammad Karim (1950/51 – 4 April 2022), also known as "Little Karim", was a Pakistani high-altitude porter-turned mountain climber.[2] He climbed Gasherbrum II without supplementary oxygen.[3]
Biography[edit]
Karim was born in Hushe Valley of District Ghanche, Gilgit-Baltistan. He reached Skardu city in 1976 from his home town, Hushe Valley, to try his luck at becoming a high-altitude porter. He was rejected by a team looking at his stature believing that he would not be able to carry 25 kg weight up to the base camp of K-2. Though he was in his teens, he looked like a 10-year-old boy due to his appearance.[4]
Losing hope, Karim was about to leave, when a Spanish team ran out of porters and took him along. In the same trip he managed to summit a 7000-meter peak.[5] The Spanish team members were so impressed by him that they wrote a book about the life of little Karim and also made a film in the year 2000. The film was aired in Spanish cinema.
Little Karim died on 4 April 2022.
Documentaries on Karim[edit]
In 1985, Laurent Chevallier, a French documentary filmmaker, made a documentary on Karim. In 1997, the same person made a documentary on him, this time, titled Mr Karim. He was again filmed for the third time by the same person sometime later.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Legendary Mountaineer Muhammad Karim aka 'Little Karim' Passes Away
- ^ a b Abbasi, Obaid Ur Rehman (22 June 2014). "Adventure: The incredible tales of Little Karim". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ Mahmood, Aisha (3 February 2020). "Famous mountaineer 'Little Karim' from Skardu needs immediate health support". Brecorder. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "'پہاڑوں کے بادشاہ' جن پر یورپ میں فلمیں بنیں لیکن پاکستان میں گمنام" – via www.facebook.com.
- ^ "The extraordinary life of Little Karim". The Express Tribune. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.