Our Founder

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It is the wildest dream of a Malaysian who wished to put Malaysia on the world climbing map to show that we are on par with the world’s mountain climbers. zeroto8000 is a manifestation of that dream.

Mohd Khafiz Bin Bachok

Born in Pontian Johor
He has been active in mountain climbing activities since 1995.
To date, apart from the various mountains in Malaysia and Indonesia, he has conquered multiple peaks in Taiwan, China, Tanzania, Papua, New Zealand, Iran and Argentina.

Among his major achievements thus far are his success in conquering the highest peak in Australasia (Mount Carternz Pyramid, 4000m a.s.l), the highest peak in Africa (Mount Kilimanjaro, …m a.s.l) ,the highest peak in South America (Mount Aconcagua, 6900m a.s.l) and he also successfully climb his first 8000meter mountain, Mount Manaslu 8163m, 8th highest in the world.

Satisifaction is knowing that all his expeditions thus far have been fully self funded.

Conquering K2,

To achieve his dream of scaling the massive mountain.
The second tallest mountain in the world at  8,611 metres above sea level
Standing tall at 8,611m a.s.l, K2 is known for its technical climbing which requires the highest level of mountaineering skills and that made it unique that not many climbers from all over the world dare to dream of climbing it, let alone conquering it.

Symbolic Effort

Bike touring
Since 2020
Hence, zeroto8000 is a symbolic of his effort as his journey towards fulfilling his dream, our dream, has started in 2019, he has been on bike touring since then in stages starting from Tanjung Piai in Pontian, Johor which is famously known as the most southern tip of mainland Asia standing at 0m a.s.l to Karakoram in Pakistan and thereafter he will climb Mount K2