Muhammad Ali Changazi, Tour Operator of Pakistan

Muhammad Ali Changazi was born in a Krismathang, Skardu Baltistan. A born mountaineer, after completion of his basic education joined Police Department at Skardu in 1973 and served for 10 years to the entire satisfaction of his superiors. Having seen his tendency and love for mountaineering his department placed him as coordinator /guide with incoming expeditions and trekking teams who had to deal with Serdars, porters and cooks. Muhammad Ali was a police sergeant and performed his duties satisfactorily. In coming members, leaders of trekking teams and expeditions appreciated his work.

His first clients were a French couple destined for Dassu. Department had sent him as a guide. It would be worth mentioning that Raja Ali Shah a Naib Tehsildar at that time played a great role in grooming Muhammad Ali as a good guide.

His first expedition was in 1979, an American K-2 Expedition led by Mr. Jan Vitakar. Same year he accompanied a Japanese Masherbrum Expedition to Ho Lungma.

In 1980 he was again guided with Japanese Masherbrum Expedition.

In 1982 he accompanied a French Yumic Seneor Expedition to K-2 as head Sardar and again with Japanese Masherbrum Expedition as Sardar. Same year in August he guided an American Mountain Travel trekking group setting a record for staying on glaciers continuously for nine months.

In 1983 accompanied French and American trekking teams to Baltoro. In October same year he paid a visit to Nepal for two months in order to update knowledge of various trekking routes and made a trip to Mount Everest base camp. He acquired the knowledge of modern mountaineering equipment and tools. From 1983 to 1984 he accompanied various groups as guide such as DAV German Tour Company, American Mountain Travel, French Terrs-de-Aventure, Japanese Alpine Tour and Korean Alpine Federation, In 1985 he formed his own company, “ Himalaya Treks and Tours” and has handled many expeditions and trekking teams. Some of the distinguished clients are Austrian Army Broad Peak Expedition, British Lobzang Spire Expedition 1984 and Japanese Research Winter Expedition to Baltoro 1987.

From 1994, a Japanese NGO Himalayan Green Club regularly worked with Himalaya Treks and Tours. Himalayan Green Club under the leadership of Ms. Kyoko Endo (The president of NGO) and Mr. Hirotani (the vice president of NGO) organized various project in Braldu valley, which included plantation, establishment of school, health center/camp, irrigation channels and clean water supply to residents of villagers.

Company under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Changazi has the honor to establish contact with Artou Switzerland, Exodus USA, Out There Trekking UK, HTT, Jagged Globe UK, High Adventure UK and Plasy Brenin UK and lot more. To conclude views of various poets, authors are given below.

Kathleen Jamie in her book “Among Muslims” at page 216 wrote, “Muhammad Ali Changazi is a man I’d known for many years. Since 1984, as he will remind me, because he has a memory for dates and events. He is the owner and manager for a tour guide business from Skardu. In the summers, he takes groups of Japanese and European adventure tourists, trekkers and mountaineers into the Karakoram Mountains. As a young man, he was always thoughtful, but age has hardened his thoughtfulness into gravitas. His thick hair and beard, which were once coal black, are graying now. In the back of the jeep, surrounded by luggage and vegetables, he turned his prayer-beads as we drove.”

Mustansar Hussain Tarar in his book “ K-2 Kahani” (story of K-2) writes “ Suddenly I was thinking about Isobel Shaw, a writer of many books on Northern Areas of Pakistan, I had met Isobel on the banks of Satpara lake, she accompanied by old mountaineer Andre Rich had returned from Concordia and their guide Muhammad Ali Changazi was with them.”

Andrew Craig while presenting his book “ Summit Fever” to Muhammad Ali Changazi wrote“ A friend and guide in the wilderness! I hope you’re well and happy and remain so till we meet again. ’87".

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