(K2Climb.net) Last year, Kazem Faridian was one of the climbers when in a United Nations high-altitude summit push of sorts 5 unlikely bedmates - Russia, Korea, Portugal, Iran, America and Italy - moved together sharing the few tents still standing in storm-ravaged high camps on K2.
The collaboration went very well - most climbers topped out and so did Kazem, bagging the first K2 summit for Iran.
The first Iranian lady expedition leader
Between the peaks and across all borders, webmasters and friends exchanged worries, latest news and finally triumphs in babble fish translated emails between each other and ExWeb. It was very cool.
Blogging for Damavand club, the oldest and biggest skiing and climbing Alpine club in Iran, Minoo Zabetian reported on Kazem and also the Iranian Broad Peak attempts that year: Mahdi Etemadfar with a Swiss team; Hossin Nazar who tried a solo, and an Iranian national team.
Well it's that time again. Iranian climbers are back in Pakistan this year with 2 expeditions to Broad Peak and one to Nanga Parbat.
Kazem is headed to Nanga Parbat as technical manager with an Iranian team led by lady climber Leyla Esfandirari. This is in fact the first time an Iranian lady leads a Himalayan expedition.
ExWeb's correspondent in Islamabad Karrar Haidri reports that Leyla is a big caver in Iran and climbed all Iranian peaks including the Damavand. "I know that Nanga Parbat is dubbed the 'Killer Mountain,' but I fear not," Leyla told Karrar this weekend.
A call for Karoon
According to Minoo, another landmark is that this is the first Iranian expedition to actually have a sponsor. The sponsoring Rexroth Bosch Group along with the environmental Narvan Arra association hopes the expedition will raise global awareness about the disaster of Karoon; one of Iran's mighty rivers. The river stretches about 960 km out of which about 400 km have been polluted.
A Bosch representative accompanying the expedition told Karrar that the company owner is a mountaineer himself who climbed all peaks in Iran and Rexroth thus plans to sponsor more expeditions to Pakistan 8000ers in the future.
We have you covered!
Minoo shot over a picture from the team's departure in Iran and this weekend ExWeb's correspondent Karrar Haidri was waiting with his camera in Pakistan.
Joining Kazem and Leyla in this the first Iranian attempt on Nanga Parbat are Hosein Abolhasani, Sahand Aghdai, Saman Nemati, Mohammad Norouzi and Ehsan Partoee.
While Kazem is back in Pakistan for his third time (except for K2 he also climbed Broad Peak's fore summit); Nanga will mark the first 8000+ experience for the other mountaineers in this team. The expedition is outfitted by ATP; a favorite of Kazem, and will climb the normal route.
Expedition members: Ms Leila Esfandiary Kajoryrad (L), Kazem Zabihifaridyan, Hossein Abolhassani, Amirhossein Partovinia, Saman Nemati, Seyed Mohammad Noroozi, Sahand Aghdaie, Reze Vojouhi.
News source : k2climb
ترجمه فارسی :Iranian Challengers
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