Abdul Karim was known as “Little Karim”Porter Documentary
Abdul Karim was known as “Little Karim”, a name given to him by the leader of a French expedition in 1979. In 1985, French documentary maker Laurent Chevallier shot a documentary based on Karim. In 1997, the same filmmaker shot another documentary based on the mountaineering legend, this time titled ‘Mister Karim’.
As per reports, initially he was rejected as porter by a team by looking at his stature that he would not be able to carry 25 Kg of weight up to the base camp of K-2. Though he was in his teens, he looked like a 10 year old boy due to his appearance.
A Swiss team ran out of porters and took him along. In the same trip he managed to summit a 7000 meter peak. The Spanish team wrote a book about the life of little Karim and also made a film in 2000 the film was seen on the big screen in Spanish Cinema.
According to a report Karim also made a name for himself when he climbed the 8,035 meter-high Gasherbrum 2 without supplementary oxygen and set a world record in the process.”
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