Ashraf Aman (
Urdu: اشرف امان, born 15 January 1938) is a Pakistani
mountaineer, adventurer, and engineer. In 1977, he became the first Pakistani to reach the summit of
K2.[1] He operates the travel and tourism-based company "Adventure Tours Pakistan". He is also not the vice-President of the Alpine Club of Pakistan.
Mountaineering achievements and honours
1962 –
Nanga Parbat Expedition with Germans, Awarded Himalayan Tiger.
1971/76 – Mountain Guide in Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindukush.
1977 – Japan-Pakistan joint Expedition to
K2, Became first Pakistani to climb
K2 on 9 August, and then he was Awarded Presidential Award for,
Pride of performance.[2]
1980 – Member of International Karakoram Project, Awarded R.G.S London Fellowship.
1983/84 – Mountain Guide with different Mountaineering Expeditions.
1985 – Liaison Officer with Japanese Expedition to Nanga Parbat & Passu Peak.
1986 – Member with Karakoram Himalaya Research Expedition led by Professor Keith Miller in Tibet & Western China.
1987/88 – Liaison Officer with first Pakistani
K2 Winter Expedition during the extreme cold weather from Dec-1987 to Mar-1988 led by Mr. A. Zawada.
1988 – Manager/Technical Engineer with
K2 Italian Scientific Expedition for measuring K2,
Gasherbrum I &
Gasherbrum II from China side led by Professor
Ardito Desio.
On 26 June 2008, Ashraf Aman visited
Quetta Balochistan to supervise the National male female youth rock-climbing training course accompanied by
Nazir Sabir and
Hayatullah Khan Durrani. The camp was organised by the Alpine Club of Pakistan and
Chiltan Adventurers Association Balochistan in order to promote rock-climbing adventure sports for Pakistani youth.