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Quatari princess successfully scales Annapurna I

Kathmandu, 16 April: A member of the royal family of Qatar, Sheikha Asma Al Thani has successfully climbed mountain Annapurna I. She reached the summit of the 8,091 meters high Annapurna I.

Director of Elite Expedition, David Sherpa, shared that Thani climbed Annapurna with the help of a team of Sherpas led by mountaineer Nirmal Purja (Nims). “Thani has become the first Qatari woman to climb Annapurna, the tenth highest peak in the world”, he said. Princess Al Thani had previously climbed Mount Everest, Dhaulagiri, Kanchanjunga, Lhotse, Manaslu and K2.

People’s News Monitoring Service

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