PTI Islamabad

Three European mountaineers accomplished a daring feat by paragliding off and skiing down the formidable Nanga Parbat peak in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, a media report said on Thursday. 

German mountaineer David Göttler paraglided off the Nanga Parbat, while the French duo of Tiphaine Duperier and Boris Langenstein etched themselves into the history books by skiing down the peak, Dawn News reported. 

The CEO of Adventure Tours Pakistan, Naiknaam Karim, said the three foreign climbers began their summit attempt on Nanga Parbat, which is at 8,126 metres in height, via the Schell route. 

The trio climbed from the approximately 3,600-metre-high base camp via the difficult Rupal Face between June 21 and 24. 

Göttler, 47, had planned to descend from the top by paraglider. However, upon reaching the summit, strong winds forced him to launch his paraglider from 7,700 metres instead.