Babar Ali (mountaineer)

Babar Ali (; born 16 October 1990) is a Bangladeshi mountaineer, cyclist, traveler, writer and physician, who became the sixth Bangladeshi to conquer the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest (8,848 m). On 19 May 2024, he conquered Mount Everest at 8:35 am Bangladesh time. In the same expedition, he became the first ever Bangladeshi to conquer another eight-thousander, Lhotse (8,516 m), on 21 May 2024. He has become the first Bangladeshi to reach the summit of Annapurna I. Babar Ali reached on the top of Mount Manaslu as the 1st Bangladeshi mountaineer to summit without the help of supplementary oxygen.

Early life and education

Babar Ali is a physician by profession. He was born, raised and educated in Chittagong. Babar is the second child of Leyakat Ali and Lutfunnahar Begum of Burishchar area of Hathazari, Chittagong. He was born on 16 October 1990.

Babar passed his HSC from Ispahani Public School and College, Chittagong. He received his MBBS degree from Chittagong Medical College. He worked for IOM for a long time. Later, he worked as a public health officer in ICDDRB.

Mountaineering Babar started his mountaineering journey in 2010. He has climbed various peaks of the Himalayas since 2014. In 2017, he completed basic mountaineering training from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.

Summit of Everest On May 19, at 08:35 Bangladesh Standard Time, Babar Ali reached the summit and remained there for 1 hour and 10 minutes. During his descent, a snowstorm struck, forcing Ali to endure hazardous conditions for 2.5 hours before safely surviving the ordeal.