Another feather in the cap of Pakistani climber.

Byline: Jamal Shahid

ISLAMABAD -- Jabbar Bhatti, who is attempting to summit all seven highest peaks around the world, has conquered Mount Aconcagua in Argentina.

Alpine Club of Pakistan officially confirmed on Sunday that Jabbar Bhatti climbed 6,962 metre-high Mount Aconcagua on January 17, the highest peak in South America.

'According to our records, Jabbar Bhatti is the third Pakistani after Samina Baig and her brother Mirza Ali, to conquer Mount Aconcagua. He reached Argentina on January 5, to climb this mountain,' Alpine Club of Pakistan Secretary Karrar Haidri told Dawn.

On May 21, 2017, retired Col Abdul Jabbar Bhatti became the fourth Pakistani to stand atop 8,848 metres tall Mount Everest. However, Jabbar Bhatti and his Nepalese Sherpa had to be rescued from the death zone, where he was stranded at 8,600 metres.

It took nine rescuers to bring them down to safety of the base camp. Both climbers, who had run out of bottled oxygen, got frost bites on their hands and toes. It took him one-and-a-half months to complete the Everest expedition. Jabbar Bhatti has lost all of his fingers on both hands after Mount Everest.

He has already scaled Broad Peak, which is 8,051 metres in 1985, 8,035 metres tall Gasherbrum II in 1986 and Spantik Peak in 2012.

Jabbar Bhatti has not shared which peak he will attempt to climb next, Karrar Haidri said, adding that his adventure to climb all seven highest mountains in the seven continents has been delayed due to...