Majeed Karim

Majeed Karim

Majeed grew up in a farming family in the Shimshal Valley, located in the Hunza district of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The remote Shimshal Valley, at an altitude of 3,000m, is known as “the Valley of Mountaineers” due to the remarkable number of Shimshali men and women who are high-altitude mountaineers.

Majeed spent several years as a student in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, and completed his Master’s degree in Educational Planning and Management. He is a married man whose passions include the outdoors, trekking, traveling, mountaineering, skiing, and adventure photography.

For the past 10 years, he has enjoyed working with clients in the tourism industry. With a naturally cheerful disposition, he takes pleasure in meeting and working with people. He has served as a trekking and tour guide across various regions of Pakistan, particularly in Gilgit-Baltistan, with Shams Alpine Mountaineering and Trekking. Majeed has extensive experience leading trekking groups across high passes in the Karakoram mountain range.

Currently, Majeed works as the Operations Manager and Adventure Trip Planner at Shams Alpine Mountaineering and Trekking. He also leads groups  on above 6000m peaks. Majeed particularly enjoys working with clients to ensure their expeditions, treks, or tours go smoothly and that they have a memorable experience with the Shams Alpine team.

He is fluent in English, Urdu, Wakhi, and French.