ISLAMABAD : Pakistani female mountaineer Uzma Yousaf who has become the first-ever female mountaineer to summit the 5098 meter Rush Peak, Gilgit- Baltistan in winter termed Pakistan a safe country for foreign mountaineers to visit here.
Uzma started her expedition on February 2 and waved Pakistani flag on summit of Rush Peak on February 8. “The whole expedition I performed was on my own. I got no financial or any other facilitation from anyone,†she said.
Talking about her Rush Peak summit, she said that we started on February 5 from Hoper Glacier (Bualtar Glacier) and set our camp after crossing second Glacier Barpur.
The base camp was setup at “Rush Lakeâ€, one of the world’s highest alpine lakes. Uzma Yousaf said there is nothing women cannot do in Pakistan. “Our women have great potential and can perform any task,†she said.