Musa Ibrahim

Musa was born in Bogra, in his maternal grandparents' house. His paternal grandparents house is in Gandhamarua (Basintari) village in Aditmari Upazila, Lalmonirhat.{{cite news |title=Villagers eagerly wait for Musa's return |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-140502 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=29 May 2010 |access-date=11 June 2014 |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214074100/http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-140502 |url-status=live }} He was a student of Thakurgaon Sugar Mills High School. He passed Higher Secondary Certificate from Notre Dame College. He attained his Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree on science education and Master of Education (MEd) degree on educational evaluation and research from Institute of Education and Research (IER), University of Dhaka.{{cite news |script-title=bn:সর্বোচ্চ পর্বতশৃঙ্গে প্রথম বাংলাদেশি মুসা ইব্রাহীম : এভারেস্টে বাংলাদেশ |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn |date=23 May 2010 |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-05-24/news/65679 |access-date=29 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526150613/http://prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-05-24/news/65679 |archive-date=26 May 2010 |url-status=dead }} He later earned a degree on disaster management from BRAC University.

Musa Ibrahim is the first Bangladeshi citizen who climbed Mount Everest. He reached the peak on 23 May 2010 where he hoisted the national flag of Bangladesh.{{cite web |title=Achievement |url=http://www.moysports.gov.bd/Achievement.html |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |access-date=12 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708183657/http://www.moysports.gov.bd/Achievement.html |archive-date=8 July 2014 |url-status=dead }} He used the North Alpine route on the Tibetan side to reach the highest peak of the world. Besides Musa, six Britons, three Montenegrins, an American and a Serbian were on the team. The China Tibet Mountaineering Association certified his climb. The certificate read "This is to certify that, on 23 May 2010 at 6.50{{nbsp}}am Md Musa Ibrahim Bangladesh reached the top of the peak of Everest, Chomolungma of Mt. Everest."{{cite news |title=Musa's Feat Enters The Books |url=http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/2010052611728/country/musas-feat-enters-the-books.html |work=Independent Bangladesh |date=26 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009194044/http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/2010052611728/country/musas-feat-enters-the-books.html |archive-date=9 October 2017 |url-status=usurped |access-date=12 June 2014}}

Musa planned to organize Bangladesh-Russia friendship mountaineering to Mount Elbrus. This was declared at Russian Centre of Science And Culture, Dhaka. They hoisted the flags of Bangladesh, Russia and Kabardino-Balkaria Republic on Mount Elbrus. Dalhat Olmejhev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria Republic in Russia, guided them. The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Bangladesh Tourism Board, Russian Embassy in Bangladesh and the sports and tourism ministries of Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria Republic aided the program.{{cite news |title=3 Bangladeshis scale Mt. Elbrus |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/06/28/3-bangladeshis-scale-mt.-elbrus |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=28 June 2013 |archive-date=30 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630222035/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/06/28/3-bangladeshis-scale-mt.-elbrus |url-status=live }}

File:Indo Bangladesh Friendship climb to improve the relation with Bangladesh.jpg in an Indo Bangladesh climb to improve the ties between the countries.]]

Musa and Satyarup Siddhanta of India planned to participate in an expedition titled 'First Bangladesh-India Friendship Expedition to Mount Denali' in the first week of June 2014. This was announced at a sole talk programme by Sattar at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday, says a press release. Indian Deputy High Commissioner Sandwip Chakravarty spoke at the function wishing success of the expedition.{{cite news |title=Indo-Bangla expedition to Mt Denali in June |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/index.php?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=31-05-2014&type=Indo-Bangla-expedition-to-Mt-Denali-in-June&pub_no=871&cat_id=1&menu_id=10&news_type_id=1&index=9 |newspaper=Daily Sun |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 June 2014 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205801/http://www.daily-sun.com/index.php?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=31-05-2014&type=Indo-Bangla-expedition-to-Mt-Denali-in-June&pub_no=871&cat_id=1&menu_id=10&news_type_id=1&index=9 |url-status=live }}

Nepal Parbat, a list of the Mount Everest toppers published by the Nepal's Ministry of Tourism and the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) did not include the name of Ibrahim. The list names MA Muhith and Nishat Majumdar as the first Bangladeshi male and female to have climbed Mount Everest successfully. MA Muhith and Nishat Majumdar also expressed doubts about Ibrahim's claims. However, Ibrahim said that there had been a conspiracy against him and NMA was influenced by the conspirator. The issue over the claim was moved to a court in Dhaka.{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/03/30/ibrahim-not-in-everest-climbers-list |title=Ibrahim not in Everest climbers' list |date=30 March 2014 |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=6 November 2017 |archive-date=8 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408115231/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/03/30/ibrahim-not-in-everest-climbers-list |url-status=live }} O'Mahoney, who had followed Ibrahim towards the Everest summit, claimed that he saw him at the third step of the route, the last barrier to the Everest summit.{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/04/02/musa-climbed-everest-aussie-mountaineer |title=Musa climbed Everest : Aussie mountaineer |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=6 November 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015406/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/04/02/musa-climbed-everest-aussie-mountaineer |url-status=live }} However, by 27 May 2010, it was proven and became officially listed that Musa Ibrahim was indeed the first Bangladeshi to reach the top of Mount Everest.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-140208|title=It's now official|work=The Daily Star|date=27 May 2010|archive-date=8 April 2019|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408115823/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-140208|url-status=live}}

• 13 June 2017: Mount Carstensz Pyramid or Puncak Jaya (4884 metres/16023 feet) Summit. Musa Ibrahim reached the summit on 13 June 2017 with his team members Satyarup Siddhanta and Nandita Chandrashekhar.{{cite news |title=Musa finally rescued from Mount Carstensz |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/arcprint/details/235240/Musa-finallyrescued-fromMount-Carstensz/2017-06-20 |access-date=20 June 2017 |work=Daily Sun}}
• 23 June 2014: Denali or Mount McKinley (6,190 metres / 20,310 feet) Summit. Musa Ibrahim reached the summit on 23 June 2014 with Christopher Manning (Canada) as team leader while Satyarup Siddhanta (India), Susmita Maskey (Nepal) and Ryan Francois (USA) as team members.{{cite news |title=Musa Ibrahim summit Mount Denali |url=http://www.jugantor.com/old/last-page/2014/07/03/118134 |access-date=3 July 2014 |work=Jugantor |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005215/http://www.jugantor.com/old/last-page/2014/07/03/118134 |url-status=live }}
• 26 June 2013: Mount Elbrus (5,642 metres /18,506 feet) Summit. Musa Ibrahim reached the summit on 26 June 2013 with Niaz Patwary and Sifat Fahmida Nawshin and Dalhat Olmejhev, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria Republic in Russia, guided them.{{cite news |title=3 Bangladeshi mountaineers scale Mount Elbrus |url=http://www.dhakamirror.com/other-headlines/3-bangladeshi-mountaineers-scale-mount-elbrus/ |access-date=29 June 2013 |work=Dhaka Mirror |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010203/http://www.dhakamirror.com/other-headlines/3-bangladeshi-mountaineers-scale-mount-elbrus/ |url-status=live }}
• 13 September 2011: Mount Kilimanjaro (5,885 metres/19,308 feet) Summit. Musa reached the summit on 13 September 2011, with his team member Niaz Morshed Patwary.{{cite web |title=Musa Ibrahim (R) of Bangladesh along with Niaz Morshed Patwary on the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro |url=http://7summits-club.com/membersnews/all_3/item_2719/ |publisher=7 Summit Club |access-date=11 June 2014 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606231153/http://7summits-club.com/membersnews/all_3/item_2719/ |url-status=live }}
• 23 May 2010: Everest (8,848 m/29,029 ft) Summit{{cite web |title=Musa Ibrahim- the first Bangladeshi conquers Everest |url=http://gurumia.com/2010/05/24/musa-ibrahim-the-first-bangladeshi-conquers-everest |date=24 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716173212/http://gurumia.com/2010/05/24/musa-ibrahim-the-first-bangladeshi-conquers-everest |archive-date=16 July 2010}}{{unreliable source?|date=May 2016}} Musa Ibrahim reached "the summit of the Mount Everest through North Route, Tibet, China on 23 May 2010."{{cite news |title=Musa speaks on Everest summit controversy |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/03/31/musa-speaks-on-everest-summit-controversy |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |date=31 March 2014 |access-date=11 June 2014 |archive-date=19 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019233754/https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/03/31/musa-speaks-on-everest-summit-controversy |url-status=live }}
• 14 June 2009: Annapurna IV (7,525 m/24,682 ft) Summit{{cite news |title=Bangladeshis conquer Mt Annapurna IV |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=93071 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=18 June 2009 |access-date=6 April 2014 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407110632/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=93071 |url-status=live }}
• 1 December 2008: Langsisa Ri (6,310 m/20,700 ft) Summit.{{cite news |last=Hossain |first=Ashik |date=31 March 2014 |title='Musa Ibrahim didn't even climb Mt. Langsisa Ri' |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/03/31/musa-ibrahim-didnt-even-climb-mt.-langsisa-ri |work=bdnews24.com |archive-date=19 October 2019 |access-date=19 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019233753/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/03/31/musa-ibrahim-didnt-even-climb-mt.-langsisa-ri |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=It's jealousy, says Musa |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=210583:its-jealousy-says-musa&catid=161:region&Itemid=193 |newspaper=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=5 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607002703/http://www.theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=210583:its-jealousy-says-musa&catid=161:region&Itemid=193 |archive-date=7 June 2014 |access-date=28 May 2015}}
• May 2007: Chulu West (6,419 m/21054 ft) Ascent up to 18,500 ft{{cite news |title=Programme to celebrate conquest of Chullu West |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/06/08/d70608061879.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=8 July 2007 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |access-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223543/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/06/08/d70608061879.htm |url-status=live }}
• May 2006: Frey Peak (5,831 m/19125 ft) Summit{{cite news |title=First Bangladeshi mountaineers on Frey peak |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/06/28/d606282502143.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=28 June 2006 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |access-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606233916/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/06/28/d606282502143.htm |url-status=live }}
• September 2005: Advanced Mountaineering Training from Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, India (5,335 m/17,500 ft) Finished training successfully{{cite web |title=Musa Ibrahim- A Notredamian |date=22 January 2014 |url=http://www.naturestudysociety.org/Musa-Ibrahim/ |publisher=naturestudysociety.org |access-date=19 October 2019 |archive-date=19 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019233808/http://www.naturestudysociety.org/musa-ibrahim/ |url-status=live }}
• May 2005: Mera Peak (6,654 m/21,825 ft) Ascent up to 18,500 ft
• 10–23 May 2004: Everest Base Camp (EBC) Trail (5,335 m/17,500 ft) Trekked successfully{{cite web |title=Nepal |url=http://nijhumdip.com/old/news/index.php?s=3&news_id=1173 |publisher=Nijhumdip |date=30 June 2011 |access-date=11 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606235132/http://nijhumdip.com/old/news/index.php?s=3&news_id=1173 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• April 2004: Basic Mountaineering Training from Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, (4,878 m/16,000 ft) Finished training successfully.{{cite news |title=Another team to go on Everest expedition |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/02/28/d40228100279.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=29 May 2015 |archive-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131040542/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/02/28/d40228100279.htm |url-status=live }}
• 8–16 April 2002: Annapurna Trail (3,800 m/12,464 ft) Ascent Muktinath{{cite web |title=Mount Everest Has Been Conquered By a Bangladeshi (Musa Ibrahim) For the First Time |url=http://bihongo.com/Positive-Bangladesh.php?task=detail&cat=News&cid=29 |publisher=bihongo.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606235024/http://bihongo.com/Positive-Bangladesh.php?task=detail&cat=News&cid=29 |archive-date=6 June 2014}}{{User-generated source|date=January 2016}}
• September 2000: Keocradong Hill (967 m/3,172 ft) Trekked to the top successfully.{{cite news |last1=Rabbani |first1=Shahnoor |date=2012 |title=Musa Ibrahim: Pioneer Mountaineer |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2012/anniversary_2012/section3/sports02.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=11 June 2014 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606204541/http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2012/anniversary_2012/section3/sports02.htm |url-status=live }}

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