Nadhira Al Harthy

Nadhira bint Ahmed Abdullah Al Harthy (or Alharthy; or ; 1978 – 30 July 2026) was an Omani civil servant and mountaineer. She was the second person from Oman, and the first Omani woman, to climb Mount Everest. Al Harthy also summited several other eight-thousanders, including Manaslu, K2, and Nanga Parbat.

While traveling the world in an attempt to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, Al Harthy died as one of the victims of the 2026 Broad Peak avalanche.

Early life Al Harthy was born no later than November 1978. She worked for four years as a geography teacher before she became a civil servant who worked for Oman's Ministry of Education.

In 2015, she brought a group of students to Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro as part of a project for the Ministry of Education. She tried to climb the peak, but was unable to do so because of altitude sickness.

Climbing career In 2017, she set herself the goal of climbing the world's highest peak. She had met Khalid Al Siyabi, who was the only Omani person at the time to have climbed Everest, which he had done seven years earlier. He came to the ministry where she was director of citizenship, and she was inspired. She went to the gym each week, and began running and climbing mountains in Oman. She was part of a team that included Mona Shahab of Saudi Arabia and the Lebanese climbers Joyce Azzam and Nelly Attar. She reached the summit on the anniversary of her mentor's ascent, and she left his name at the top. and it was filmed by the Canadian climber Elia Saikaly.

In 2021, she returned to the Himalayas to summit Manaslu (8,156 meters). That year, she also became the first woman from the Arab world to climb Ama Dablam. This peak had defeated her before when she was training for her Everest ascent. In 2023, she climbed the Matterhorn (4,478 m).

On July 10, 2024, Al Harthy summitted Nanga Parbat as part of a 10-person expedition team, and was the first person from Oman to summit the Himalayas' "Killer Mountain".

On 30 July 2026, during the expedition, Al Harthy's 10-climber team was caught in an avalanche on Broad Peak. On 31 July, the Alpine Club of Pakistan confirmed that she and the other nine climbers, including Nepalese Nirmal Purja, had died in the avalanche.

The Foreign Ministry of Oman publicly expressed condolences over Al Harthy's death and praised her efforts to strengthen relations between Nepal and Oman.