Fahad_Abdulrahman_Badar

Fahad Abdulrahman Badar

Fahad Abdulrahman Badar

First Arab male to double summit Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse

Fahad Abdulrahman Badar (Arabic: فهد عبدالرحمن بادار) (born 1979) is a Qatari banker & mountaineer. He is the first Arab to summit two of the highest mountains in the world, Mount Everest and Lhotse, in a single expedition.

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Early life

Badar was born in Doha, Qatar. He holds a bachelor's degree in Banking & Finance from Bangor University and an MBA from Durham University in the United Kingdom.[2][3]

Mountain climbing career

In May 2018, Badar reached the summit of Kilimanjaro and in the same year he also climbed Mount Elbrus and Aconcagua.[4]

On 23 May 2019, he climbed Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse to become the first Arab to do this double summit in a single expedition.[5][6] In August 2019, he climbed Mont Blanc and Matterhorn.[7]

In December 2020, Badar climbed Mount Ama Dablam.[8]

In January 2021 he climbed Ama Dablam in Nepal with his friend Omani climber Nadhira Al Harthy. She became the first Arab woman to scale the peak.[9] In July 2021, he climbed Broad Peak mountain in Pakistan and during the expedition he lost four fingers to severe frostbite.[4][10] Badar reached the summit of Mount K2 in July 2022.[11][12][13]

See also

References

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    "Qatar-UK Alumni Board Members". British Council Qatar.
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    "Speakers Bureau Fahad Badar". www.allamericanspeakers.com.
  3. [3]
    "CBQRL Company Profile & Executives - Commercial Bank of Qatar Q.S.C. GDR 144A - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Mountain Climber Shows What Frostbitten Fingers Look Like Before Amputation". Newsweek. 21 October 2021.
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    "Qatar's Fahad becomes first Arab to scale Everest and Lhotse peaks". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). 28 May 2019.
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    "Qatari Adventurer Enters History As First Arab to Reach Everest and Lhotse Peaks". www.qna.org.qa.
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    "Qatari adventurer conquers one of the most technically challenging mountains". thepeninsulaqatar.com. 22 August 2019.
  8. [8]
    "First Arab Winter Expedition in Mt. Ama Dablam". thehimalayantimes.com.
  9. [9]
    Haq, Sana Noor (16 June 2021). "Nadhira Alharthy: Omani climber wants to 'die empty' in her quest to share knowledge". CNN. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  10. [10]
    "Climber's frostbitten fingers to be cut off after scaling 8000m peak". www.9news.com.au.
  11. [11]
    "Nelly Attar, first Arab woman to summit K2". gulfnews.com.
  12. [12]
    "Qatari mountaineer who lost fingers to frostbite conquers Mt K2". Qatar Tribune. 27 July 2022.
  13. [13]
    "Kristin Harila summits K2; 14 peaks mission". Everest Chronicles.
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