Mohd Khafiz managed to reach the peak of the mountain, situated at a height of 8,611m, on July 27 – a climb regarded as the most dangerous and most difficult in the world.
Mohd Khafiz, 45, from Pontian, Johor, managed to reach the peak of the mountain, situated at a height of 8,611m at 11.52am local time Thursday , a climb regarded as the most dangerous and most difficult in the world.
"The rotation process of acclimatisation to Camp 2 was done before returning to Base Camp and the actual climb only started on July 22. He reached Camp 3, which is situated at a height of 7,254m on Tuesday . According to Rozaimi, ZEROTO8000 reflects Mohd Khafiz’s mission which started at a height of 0m from Tanjung Piai, Johor and headed to Mount K2 which is situated at a height of 8,000m and above and has since become a symbol for his own efforts and adopted by his family as well.
After having climbed the eighth highest mountain which is situated at a height of 8,163m with another ZEROTO8000 team member RJ Nagarajan last year, Mount K2 is the second mountain he has climbed at a height of more than 8,000m.
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