Abdul Karim Mohammad (Little Karim)

Biography

Abdul Karim Mohammad aka "Little Karim" from Hushe, Northern Pakistan is a mountain porter and mountain guide. As a young man, Karim climbed to the town of Skardu in 1976, convinced that he would find work as a porter for groups of climbers arriving in the area. In France, it was Jean-Marc Boivin's hang glider that made him famous, it was on the slopes of Gasherbrum II in 1985. On July 14, Boivin broke the world record for altitude jump by taking off from the summit of the Pakistani giant at 8,…