Ali Sadpara

Muhammad Ali Sadpara (; – ) He was the youngest of eleven children, and eight of his siblings did not survive childhood. He married his wife, Fatima, when he was 19 and had his first son, Sajid, shortly afterwards; he had a total of three children. He began his career as a high-altitude porter, serving as an assistant in mountain-climbing expeditions.

Mountaineering career

In 2006, Sadpara climbed his first eight-thousander, Gasherbrum II, located in the Karakoram range.

In 2015, Sadpara's team attempted to scale Nanga Parbat during wintertime and were unsuccessful. The team attempted another winter ascent in 2016 and successfully summited its peak, resulting in the first-ever winter ascent of the mountain. Sadpara would successfully summit Nanga Parbat four times in his mountaineering career.

In January 2018, Sadpara joined Basque mountaineer , leaving the other members of the team at the K2 Bottleneck, close to the summit. Sadpara, Sigurjónsson, and Prieto continued their ascent to K2's summit, but did not return by night as planned, and were declared missing on 5 February 2021. A rescue mission with two Pakistan Army helicopters was organised on 6 February 2021 to search for the team.

On 18 February 2021, Pakistani authorities announced that the three men were officially presumed dead, but the search for their remains would continue. Sadpara's family also declared him as presumably dead on the same day. On 26 July 2021, three bodies believed to be of the missing mountaineers were found on the slopes above Camp 4. Sadpara's body was found around below the K2 Bottleneck. The bodies were found by a Madison Mountaineering Sherpa Team that was fixing ropes above the camp. Sajid then retrieved the bodies of the three missing climbers including his father.

Tributes A climbing wall named after Sadpara was inaugurated at Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar. US based NGO Paani Project built a well in honour of Sadpara. Pakistan International Airlines renamed its air safari in the honour of Ali Sadpara. A park in Korangi, Karachi was made in honour of Sadpara. Sadpara was honoured with a monument at MP Chowk in Somikot, Gilgit. The roundabout was also renamed to Sadpara Chowk.