Samina Baig, a well-known Pakistani adventurer, has scaled K2, the second-highest peak in the world.

The climber is the only woman on an eight-member team. She hoisted the Pakistani flag on K2’s peak at 8 o’clock in the morning.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated Baig and her family on the achievement in a tweet, saying that the mountaineer has emerged as a symbol of determination and bravery for Pakistani women.

“She has proved that women are not behind men in the incredible sport of mountain climbing,” he tweeted. “I hope that Samina Baig will continue to raise Pakistan’s flag with the same enthusiasm in the future.”

K2 is 8,611m high and is among the five deadliest mountains in the world. Approximately one person dies for every four who reach the summit. That is why it is also known as the “Savage Mountain”.

Hailing from Shimshal Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, she is also the first Pakistani woman and the third Pakistani to have climbed Mount Everest. She is the youngest Pakistani and Muslim woman to climb Everest at the age of 21.

In 2014, she completed the Seven Summits feat, becoming the first Pakistani woman to do so. The Seven Summits are the highest peaks on the sevent continents.

More than 150 people had set off to summit K-2, according to Karrar Haideri of the Alpine Club of Pakistan. The expeditions take around 45-60 days, depending on weather conditions.

Another female mountaineer, Naila Kiani, made it to the top just a few hours after Samina Baig.

Naila Kiani had previously summitted the Gasherbrum-II mountain, being the first Pakistani woman to do so.

On the other hand, in a tragic incident at Camp Four, Afghan mountaineer Ali Akbar Sakhi died of a heart attack. Efforts are being made to bring the body back to base camp.

His death came at a great loss, as he was one of the first Afghans to summit K2.