page_title: Hayatullah Khan Durrani
section_title: Adventure sports career
hierarchical_section_title: Hayatullah Khan Durrani / Adventure sports career
caption_attribution_description: English: Hayatullah Khan Durrani and members Pakistan caving team with Simon James Brooks (Secretary BCA) in Great Britain after Cave mapping/ cave photography session 2016.
context_page_description: Hayatullah Khan Durrani, PP is a Pakistani caver, mountaineer, environmentalist, organizer, and a rescuer. He is also a part-time sports anchor actor on Pakistani television. He played a significant role in the promotion of mountaineering, rock climbing, caving, canoeing, and, kayaking as adventure sports in Pakistan. He is naturalist and early advocate of preservation of Juniper forests Juniperus macropoda wilderness in Ziarat and adjacent areas in Balochistan. He is the founder and President of the Pakistan Cave Research & Caving Federation and the Director of the Asian Canoe Confederation.
context_section_description: On 14 August 1984 Hayatullah Khan Durrani founded and established Chiltan Adventurers Association Balochistan (CAAB), the first and only caving adventure sports / speleological rescue organization in Pakistan and the first mountaineering adventure sports organization in Quetta Balochistan. He has headed the association ever since. On 14 August 1994 as first Pakistani Eminent Cave explorer he founded the Pakistan Cave Research & Caving Federation (PCRCF) for caving, speleological and rescue activities in Pakistan. 
  In 1994 and 1999 his pursuit of adventure sports activities took him to Derbyshire, United Kingdom, where he completed a caving and rock-climbing advanced course under the supervision of Simon James Brooks and Boyed Potts from the Orpheus Caving Club unit of the British Cave Research Association and British Caving Association. 
   
  BBC Radio Derby interviewed him for the Pak-Britain caving expedition.
  Durrani has spent a major part of his life promoting mountain climbing and caving (speleology) to the youth of Pakistan. He has an individual international record of exploring 128 caves in Pakistan. Since 1984 he has celebrated Pakistan's Nation-day event every year by hoisting the Pakistani national flag on mountains in Pakistan and abroad. His tradition of raising the flag on mountain summits has acquired him a unique status in the country. On the basis of meritorious services of Mr. Durrani, the General Assembly of the Union of International Speleology (39 represented countries in Athens Greece 14th ICS 2005) voted on him having Pakistan as a member country to the Union International de Spéléologie (UIS)., He is country representative of Union International de Spéléologie (UIS) for Pakistan and founder/ President of Pakistan Cave Research & Caving Federation. He is representative of ACP islamabad and Director of the Alpine Club Pakistan (ACP) Balochistan branch.
  On 14 August 2005, in recognition of his lifelong services to caving, mountain adventure, as Juniper Defender and water sports in Pakistan, the honorable President, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, bestowed on him the "President's Award for Pride of Performance". Hayatullah Durrani represented Pakistan in 1st and 2nd International Geosciences (Speleology) Congresses in Iran as National Speleo and Caving team leader of Pakistan 16 January 2014 / 22 February 2016. on official invitation National Speleological and Caving Team of Pakistan headed by team leader Hayatullah Khan Durrani Participate in 5th European Speleo Caving (Eurospeleo Conference 2016) Yorkshire and 10th PAK-Britain Friendship Caving and Speleo Expedition 13 to 31 August 2016 under the patronage of BCA British Caving Association and Orpheus Caving Club Derby-shire United Kingdom. He also attended the Bureau meeting of International Union of Speleology held in Yorkshire. Legendary Cave Explorer Hayatullah Khan Durrani was Awarded Caving Legend Award on 27 September 2018 at Orpheus Caving Club Headquarters Derby shire Great Britain Celebrating Pak-Britain Joint Silver Jubilee 28 years of friendship, cooperation and partnership in caving. Hayatullah Khan Durrani is first Pakistani in the history who has received this prestigious Award.
  The British Cave explorer and Speleologist Simon James Brooks official of Orpheus Caving Club (OCC) and Secretary British Caving Association Bestow the Award and Certificate to Hayatullah Khan Durrani on account of his outstanding performance and meritorious services rendered for the past 28 years regarding Pak-Britain joint Caving / Speleo expeditions and to strengthen the ties and bond of friendship between the respective Organisations and Countries under the banner of Chiltan Adventurers Association Balochistan and Pakistan cave Research and caving Federation jointly with Orpheus Caving Club Great Britain.
caption: Hayatullah Khan Durrani and Pakistan caving team with Simon James Brooks in Yorkshire August 2016 Great Britain
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