Fahad Abdulrahman Badar

Fahad Abdulrahman Badar (فهد عبدالرحمن بادار) (born 1979) is a Qatari banker & mountaineer. He is the first Arab to summit two of the highest mountains in the world, Mount Everest and Lhotse, in a single expedition.

Early life
Badar was born in Doha, Qatar. He holds a bachelor's degree in Banking & Finance from Bangor University and an MBA from Durham University in the United Kingdom.

Mountain climbing career
In May 2018, Badar reached the summit of Kilimanjaro and in the same year he also climbed Mount Elbrus and Aconcagua.

On 23 May 2019, he climbed Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse to become the first Arab to do this double summit in a single expedition. In August 2019, he climbed Mont Blanc and Matterhorn.

In December 2020, Badar climbed Mount Ama Dablam.

In January 2021 he climbed Ama Dablam in Nepal with his friend Omani climber Nadhira Al Harthy. She became the first Arab woman to scale the peak. In July 2021, he climbed Broad Peak mountain in Pakistan and during the expedition he lost four fingers to severe frostbite. Badar reached the summit of Mount K2 in July 2022.