Iranian gear producer sponsored AREV

Iran’s premier producer of climbing gears was one of the four sponsors in 2^nd Armenian First Ascent Open Fetival (AREV).
According to Up the Rocks, 2011 festival had 4 sponsors from Armenia, Iran and USA. Arev 2011 festival was Iranian producer’s first attendance at an international climbing event.
Established in 1991, "Haft-Gohar" designs and produces hangers, bolts and Ice climbing gears such as crampons, ice axe, and also trekking poles. HG’s crampons received CE and UIAA certifications last year.

IMZ News Department
June 21, 2011

A Large lodge opened in Takht-e-Solaiman Mountains

A large lodge opened at Vandarbon village at the entrance to Takht-e-Solaiman region, one of the most visited mountainous spots in Iran.
"The project started in an area of ten thousand meters in 2003, when Sadeq Aqajani was the president of Mountaineering Federation of Iran. The shelter is built in 2-level with 20 rooms, 2 general halls, 1 restaurant, 1 public chicken and bathrooms. It is located in vandarbon village with the spectacular views over the dramatic mountains of the region. This shelter will give service to people come in the region for trekking or climbing from June 22^nd on," told Ali-Mohamamd Sarikhani, the head of shelters committee at MSFI.
There is another shelter in Roudbarak village at the distance of 15 km from Vandarbon. Built in 1971, Roudbarak is also a large shelter, where climbers could have found almost every services they wanted.

IMZ News Department
June 20, 2011

Nasim Eshqi shone at 2^nd Armenian First Ascent Open Festival

Opening 11 new routes on rocks and walls of Armenia, Iranian woman climber Nasim Eshqi shone at 2^nd Armenian First Ascent Open Festival over May 21-31.
"There were 15 climbers from Armenia, Austria, Iran, Germany and USA, 4 women and 11 men," reported Mikhtar Mikhtarian from Up the Rocks, "The festival was held in five rock climbing resort, where climbers opened 48 bouldering routes, single-pitch sport routes and multi-pitch routes. Nasim opened one bouldering route graded V2 and led up 10 new routes together with German Caroline North."
In "Noravanq Canyon" 112 km south-east from Yerevan, Nasim and Caroline climbed 165 meters with hardest pitch rated at 5.10d. They named it "Jo.Si.To. Girls Power". Also in "Arpa Gorge" region, where just clean climbing was allowed by organizers, these two strong women climbed 37 meter graded 5.12a. Being the most difficult route ascent in 2011 festival, that route was named "Gri-Gri Guide".

IMZ News Department
June 19, 2011

Climbers from AAC in Iran

A group of 13 men and women from American Alpine Club has been in Iran since June 5^th continuing a Climber Exchange Program between AAC and Alpine Club of Iran.
"After a day of bouldering in Band-e-Yakhchal resort at the north of Tehran, American climbers were split into two teams. The team comprised of mostly rock climbers set off toward Takht-e-Solaiman region hoping to climb Alam-Kuh wall and the rest of them went to climb Mt. Damavand. Damavand group got to the summit at 5671 m on June 9, while climbers in Takht-e-Solaiman managed climbing German flank at west side of Alam-kouh wall and also achieved summits from Siah-Sangha route at the east side," told ACI’s president, Abbas Sabetian.
American Climbers came back Tehran on June 13^th. They will travel to Isfahan for cultural sightseeing and will return for a meeting with Iranians at their hotel in Tehran on Friday, June 17.
Mutual collaborations between AAC and ACI under the title of Climber Exchange have started last September, when a delegation of nine Iranian climbers sent to USA.

IMZ News Department
June 15, 2011

Bad weather pushed Tehran’s women climbers back

The fifth seasonal mountaineering tour of Tehran women on June 10^th called off an hour before Doberar Summit due to bad weather.
"This tour started from Lasem village at north side of Mt. Doberar," reported Maryam Norouzi, Tour’s manager, "Doberar is located in the first half of a 52 kilometer ridge called "Ghar-e-Dagh", which belongs to eastern part of Alborz range. In order to achieve its summit, we should first get to a 4000er fore-summit called Angemar that is linked to Doberar by a narrow ridge. It was around 13:45 that we reached Angemar in a cloudy weather accompanying with thunder and lightning. Therefore the leader called climbers to descend back to lower altitudes very soon."
Forty three women had taken part in fifth tour, which shows 7% increase compared to previous tours. From this much, thirty eight climbers reached Angemar summit.

IMZ News Department
June 15, 2011

Result of first week in Tehran climbing league

Tehran Climbing League opened on Friday, June 10^th, where Tarbiat Modares Club placed first at the end of first week competitions.
First week competitions kicked off at 11:20 a.m. with 49 men. They led up a route as hard as 5.12c and Masoud Ghasemi from Tarbiat Modares club managed the only top-out. At the end of contest, competitors were sorted separately in Youth, Junior and Adults group, whose top three climbers are listed below.

IMZ News Department
June 14, 2011

Tehran’s women climbers will attempt on Mt. Doberar

Tehran’s women climbers will attempt Mt. Doberar with 4150 meters height in east Alborz Range tomorrow, June 10.
The idea to carry out all-women mountaineering tours among Tehran’s climbers started last spring by women’s department at Mountaineering & Sport Climbing Council of the province. Since then, it is a regular seasonal event, where female climbers of Tehran practice mountaineering techniques, leadership skills, and preparing expeditions. Now, Doberar is their fifth destination.

IMZ News Department
June 9, 2011

Tehran Climbing League kicks off on Friday

Iran’s first provincial rock climbing league will kick off on Friday, June 10 in Tehran with 11 clubs as competitors.
Despite the voluntarily organized league executed two times in 2009, this is the first official league among country’s rock climbing community held by Mountaineering & Sport Climbing Council of Tehran.
"The first competition will kick off at 10:30 A.M. at climbing gym of Tehran’s military academy. Each clubs has five men competitors in three age groups of Youth, Junior and Adults, who will just attempt in lead category," said MSCCT’s president, Kaveh Kashefi.
It’s worth noting that these competitions are sponsored by "Lavan" and "Kassa" companies as two manufacturers of indoor climbing gears in Iran.

IMZ News Department
June 8, 2011

Iranian Mountain Bloggers’ joint mountaineering in Zagros

Iranian Mountain Bloggers will gather over June 30^th and July 1^st in Hamedan province for a joint attempt on Mt. Yakhchal.
Joint mountaineering tours among Iranian mountain bloggers known as "Ghalam-Ascent" has been started since 5 years ago. According to most recent statistics, almost 150 mountain blogs are written frequently by members of Iran’s mountaineering community.
Yakhchal with 3588 meter height is located in Zagros Range at a distance of 17 kilometers south west of Hamedan city.

IMZ News Department
May 31, 2011

Two Iranian climbers on Lhotse summit

Husain Bahmanyar and Mehdi Amidi topped Mt. Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world respectively on May 19^th and 21^st.
These two were members of an international expedition comprised of climbers from Spain, Australia, USA, Britain and Mexico. They reached summit in two parties on last Thursday and Saturday.

IMZ News Department
May 23, 2011

Azim Qeychisaz; The first Iranian on Kanchenjunga’s summit

Iran’s mountaineering star Azim Qeychisaz reached summit on Kanchenjunga yesterday, May 20^th and put record as the first Iranian to achieve this goal.
"Summit push started from C4 on Thursday at night. He was on Kanchenjunga’s main summit at 6:00 A.m. local time on friday and came back to BC this noon," MSFI reported.
By the way, Azim was climbing together with Mingma Sherpa, who succeeded to finish all fourteen 8000ers and got the title as the first Nepalese. These two climbers were on Nanga-Parbat’s summit last summer too.
Born in 1981 in Tabriz, NW of Iran Azim has already topped Everest (2005), BroadPeak (2008), Dhaulagiri (2010) and Nanga-Parbat (2010).

IMZ News Department
May 21, 2011

Countdown to summit Kanch, Azim is waiting in C4

More than one month after reaching Kanch’s bottom, Azim Qeychi-Saz is now in C4 at 7700 m hoping for summit in coming few days.
"Climbers attempting on Kanchenjunga this season have been settled in C3 and C4. Summits are hoped over May 19^th -21^nd," Azim told on his call to MSFI.
Despite summits on other 8000ers in Nepal, no summit has been reported this season on Kanchenjunga, the 3^rd highest peak in the world.

IMZ News Department
May 19, 2011

Mehdi Amidi back from Everest summit, Lhotse summit push on

Iranian Mehdi Amidi bagged his second 8000er on May 13, when he reached Everest summit at 10:30 (KTM time) without supplementary oxygen.
"Mehdi has returned safe to BC on Saturday at night. He is going to push Lhotse summit in a few days along with Spanish climbers. Moreover, his fellow climber Husain Bahmanyar has left BC last night aiming to reach Lhotse summit a.s.a.p.," Mehdi’s friend told IMZ News.
Born in 1979 in Khorasan Razavi province, Mehdi has Manaslu in his bag and is the second Iranian to achieve "Snow Leopard" award.

IMZ News Department
May 16, 2011

Fifth round of NPMH came to the end

The voluntarily cooperation of Tehran mountaineers to prevent winter accidents over Tochal Massif just with notification of mountain hazards finished on May 6^th.
"Notification & Preventing from Mountain Hazards conducted over Mt. Tochal for the fifth time since 1997. Meanwhile 120 well-trained climbers from 10 mountaineering clubs at Tehran province settled in 8 stations over 4 most common trekking routes every weekend since last January. Hereby they could talk to trekkers to give them necessary instructions about backcountry safety and most common hazards in cold seasons. Besides, there were 20 veterans who monitored each station’s performance during last five months," said NPMH’s head, Kaveh Kashefi.
Kaveh told IMZ News: "The plan will continue with 40 personnel from now on to next winter only in "Darband" route. They keep giving services at Davoudi rescue station and Shrpala lodge on holidays."
The fifth round of NPMH was sponsored by Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization.

IMZ News Department
May 13, 2011

Iran on Manaslu summit for the second time this spring

Waiting out bad weather in C4 for two days, Iranian climbers Iraj Ma’ani and Mahmud Hashemi eventually reached Manaslu summit today May 9^th at 13:00 (local time).
"Summit push started last night with two Sherpa," reported Alireza Behpour from C4 on his sat phone, "At 7700 m, severe cold and unclear summit route made us to return back. We stayed in C4 till sunrise hopping for another attempt. At the time, I decided to keep inside tent, whereas Iraj and Mahmud along with Sherpas went up and managed to reach very top of the mountain at 13:00 local time."
It is worth noting, Iraj and Mahmud were on Dhaulagiri’s summit last spring as members of Iran’s national expedition. Moreover, Mahmud has Broad Peak in his bag too.

IMZ News Department
May 9, 2011

Tehran rock climbing league kicks off with 11 teams

The first provincial rock climbing league of the country will kick off next June by Mountaineering & Sport Climbing Council of Tehran.
"Eleven teams across the province will attend Tehran’s rock climbing league that is planned to run for almost 3 months. Each team includes 5 main and 2 reserve competitors, while the competitors must be Tehran residents based on execution protocol," MSCCT’s president, Kaveh Kashefi declared.

IMZ News Department
May 7, 2011

Rock climbing festival in Sangesar valley

Climbers from all over the country were called to take part in 2^nd rock climbing festival over May 5^th -7^th in Sangesar valley, west side of Semnan province.
This festival is held by Alpine Club of Iran as a tribute to Saeid Taheri and Esmaeel Motehayer-Pasand, who climbed three new routes up "Sangesar-Sol" wall during the first festival in October, 2009.
Beside actions on limestone walls of Sangesar-Sol valley, this gathering will include a few workshops on big wall climbing topics.

IMZ News Department
May 3, 2011

Review of 4^th Biennial of Mountain Logs and Films

The 4^th biennial of Mountain Logs and Films held by Alpine Club of Iran on April 28^th and 29^th at Shariyaran-e-Javan Hall in Tehran.
According to ACI’s official website, thirteen logs and nine films out of respectively 28 and 47 entries in each category were checked by Juries to determine top three ones. Almost 31% of logs as well as 55% of films entered final round of judging were subjected to high mountain expeditions abroad Iran. Moreover, 8% of logs and 33% of films were about caving in Iran, while same percentage of logs and 12% of films were related to canyoning and the rest of finalists were reporting mountaineering events inside Iran.
ACI had appointed two separate juries each with 5 members. The final result is indexed in following table.

IMZ News Department
May 1, 2011

Fatal event on Manaslu, an Iranian climber died

Iranian climber Isa Mir-Shekari died of cerebral edema on April 29, while attempting to summit Manaslu.
According to reports from Manaslu BC, this fatal accident happened in C4 on 7460 m. Now, Iranian climbers are attempting to carry Isa’s dead body down the mountain along with Sherpas. They have reached C2 yet.

IMZ News Department
May 1, 2011

Iranian mountaineers on Manaslu summit

A group of Iranian mountaineers comprised of seven men and a woman succeeded to reach Manaslu summit at 14:15 (Tehran time) on April 29.
"Climbers came back to BC this evening. Mohammad-Hasan Najarian, Ali Bayat-Manesh, MojtabaMeqdadi, Husain Moqadam, Saeid Karimi, Karim Bigdeli members of Zanjan Mountaineers together with Ali Mohammadi and Parvaneh Kazemi are the summiteers," Zanjan expedition’s leader, Masoud Bayat-Manesh pointed out.
According to Masoud, the second round of summit push by Iranian climbers will take part in coming days.

IMZ News Department
May 1, 2011

Iranians in C4, Manaslu summit push starts tonight

Iranian mountaineers reached C4 at 7460m on NE face of Mt. Manaslu this evening, April 28 hoping for summit tomorrow.
"A pile of Iranian climbers comprised of 10 men and a woman left BC on Monday, April 25 to reach higher altitudes. They spent a night at each camp and arrived at C4 a couple of ten minutes before. Final assault will kick off in a few hours, whereas bad weather is predicted to arrive in tomorrow evening," said leader of Zanjan Mountaineers, Masoud Bayat-Manesh.
According to Masoud, another group of Iranian climbers comprised of three men are now in C2 passing acclimatization period.

IMZ News Department
April 28, 2011

Intermediate Ski Mountaineering course in Iran by ISMF instructors

An intermediate Ski Mountaineering Course has been started since April 25^th by Mountaineering & Sport Climbing Federation on slopes of Mt. Sabalan, western Iran.
"Italian Adriano Greco and French Andre De Chepina from International Ski Mountaineering Federation are the instructors. They will base this 5-day course on the topics such as safe movement on-skis over mountain terrains, off-piste skiing and skinning, avalanche awareness, transceiver work, route choice, etc," said course manager, Majid Doroudgar.
Twenty two men along with 2 women have attended the course from all over the country.

IMZ News Department
April 26, 2011

News from Iranian climbers on Manaslu

The 2nd group of Iranian climbers comprised of three men arrived at Manaslu base camp on April 21^st.
According to MSFI, Alireza Behpour, Mahmud Hashemi and Iraj Ma’ani have pitched their tents at C1 today, April 24^th and headed back to BC. Also the advanced group of Iranian climbers on the mountain is still in BC after returning from C2 on April 17^th.

IMZ News Department
April 24, 2011

Iranian climbers pitched C2 on Everest and Kanchenjunga

Iranian climbers set up C2 on Everest south side and SW side of Kanchenjunga during last few days.
According to MSFI, Azim Gheychisaz has started acclimatization on April 21st and arrived in C2 on April 22^nd. Staying one night at C2, Azim has carried necessary stuffs to 6800 m the next day and has descended to BC.
Also Mehdi Amidi and his friend Husain Bahmanyar was planning to proceed toward C3 on April 22^nd. They have reached C2 on Thursday, April 21^st.

IMZ News Department
April 23, 2011

National team selection process: Result of Speed competition

Holding two separate competitions in men’s and women’s speed, country’s elite climbers were picked to enter national climbing team for coming world cup in Italy.
Sixteen men and same number of women climbers were competing in speed category. Women’s competition was also supposed as replacement for 11^th Fajr climbing Cup, which canceled out due to bellowing sand phenomena in Ahwaz. However, top speed climbers in each category are listed in the following table.
Also at the end of this contest, top climbers checked in at Doping station for the first time in country’s climbing competitions.

IMZ News Department
April 23, 2011

National team selection process: Result of Bouldering competition

Iran’s top boulder climbers had been gathered at Enghelab arena in Zanjan to take the title of national climbing team member.
The contest executed on April 21^st with 13 women and 16 men vying on 5 different problems in each group. Women’s problem graded from 5.10d to 5.11d, while men should put their efforts to climb five routes between 5.12ab and 5.13a. The final ranking in each category is shown below.

IMZ News Department
April 21, 2011

National team selection process: Result of lead competition

A lead contest ran on April 20^th & 21^st at Enqelab arena in Zanjan to pick up members of national rock climbing team.
"Men’s lead executed on two routes rated 5.12cd and 5.13a. The easier route topped seven times, but on the harder one Davoud Rekabi was the only one among 26 competitors to grab the top hold and took first place," said competition manager, Hamid Sadighian.
In women’s category, climbers competed on two routes too. Routes’ difficulty grades were 5.12bc and 5.12d and no one managed a top-out on any of those routes.
The following table contains 6 top climbers of men’s and women’s category.

IMZ News Department
April 21, 2011

Rock climbing competition to pick national team members

A series of competitions started today, April 20 to pick country’s national rock climbing teams in men’s and women’s category.
According to MSFI, this contest is among climbers, who managed to enter the semi-final round at 11^th Fajr Climbing Cup in Bouldering, Lead and Speed categories.
It is worth noting that, Iran’s National team is going to participate in 2011 IFSC world championship in Arco, Italy.

IMZ News Department
April 20, 2011

C2 set on Manaslu, Everest and Lhotse attempts started

Iranian climbers pitched C2 tents at 6400m on NE face of Mt. Manaslu last evening, April 17.
"Climbers came back to BC a few hours ago. They spent last night in C2. Strong wind is blowing on higher altitudes from this morning. The second round of acclimatization will start in two or three days," Zanjan Mountaineers’ leader told IMZ from BC.
Also on Everest south route, Mehdi Amidi and his fellow Husain Bahmanyar have called their home from C1 this morning. They had reached C1 on April 17^th after celebrating Puja in BC.

IMZ News Department
April 18, 2011

Fourth biennial of mountain films & logs

After a few months delay, the Alpine Club of Iran eventually decided to hold 4^th biennial of mountain films & logs over April 28^th-29^th.
Sponsored by Iranian outdoor equipment companies, "Haft Gohar" and "Apa Mehr", this festival will open on Thursday, April 28 at 2:00 p.m. in Shahriyaran-e-Javan Hall of Tehran.

IMZ News Department
April 17, 2011

A pile of Iranian climbers heading to C2 on Manaslu

Seven members of Zanjan Mountaineers together with another group of Iranian climbers comprised of three men and a woman stays tonight in C1, hoping for C2 tomorrow.
"Parvaneh Kazemi, Ali mohammadi, Karim Nadalian and Isa Mirshekari along with seven members of our team set out to C1 this morning. They are planning to reach C2 tomorrow. The route from C1 to C2 has been partially opened during last few days," told Zanjan Mountaineers leader, Masoud Bayat-Manesh.
It is worth saying that, three climbers will join Iran’s party on Manaslu a.s.a.p.

IMZ News Department
April 16, 2011

Two Iranians for Everest & Lhotse, Azim reached Kangch BC

Mehdi Amidi together with Husain Bahmanyar, who have left the country on April 5, reached Everest south BC last Thursday.
Mehdi, who has already topped Manaslu and half a dozen of 7000ers in Pamir and Karakoram, will attempt on Everest whereas his friend is going to try Lhotse as the first experience on 8000ers.
Also according to MSFI’s report, Azim Gheychisaz has arrived in Kangch BC on April 13, where approximately 40 people are going to head up southwest route this season.

IMZ News Department
April 16, 2011

C1 set up on Manaslu, Zanjan Mountaineers back in BC

Zanjan Mountaineers pitched their tents at C1 (6050 m) on NE side of Mt. Manaslu on Tuesday, April 12 and descent to BC because of weather worsening.
"We arrived in BC on April 10^th. After two days snowing, the weather improved a bit yesterday and we went up toward C1. Everything was good, 200 meters ropes were fixed midway and all the expedition along with a few Sherpa reached C1 in the afternoon, when clouds were wrapping the mountain again," reported Hasan Najarian from BC.
According to forecasts, the weather may improve tomorrow. In this case, Sherpas will set off to prepare the route from C1 to C2.
Beside Iranian mountaineers, a Czech expedition, a Korean one and an international expedition have settled in NE base camp yet.

IMZ News Department
April 13, 2011

Reporting an attempt on Amadablam in ACI’s 98^th meeting

Maryam Parsa is going to report her attempt on Mt. Amadablam in 98^th monthly meeting of alpine Club of Iran on April 20.
This meeting starts at 5:00 P.M. at Shahriyaran-e-Javan Hall in Tehran downtown. Beside reporting program, one part of meeting will be dedicated to recall the late Jalil Katibei, one of the most effective men in country’s alpinism history. He died last February in his 90s, while living in Germany.
Maryam touched 6650 m on Amadablam last autumn, when two Iranian climbers managed to reach summit on the same route.

IMZ News Department
April 12, 2011

Denis Urubko trains Arash Mountaineers for BP’s new route

Kazakh mountaineering star, Dennis Urubko trains Arash Mountaineer to get into shape for the rest of their unfinished route on Broadpeak SW.
"We were planning to resume BP’s south west route, which had been opened up to 7100 m in summer 2009. Meanwhile we contact Denis for help. He warmly accepted to train some of our team members along with two of his friends. Therefore, Afshin Sadi, Reza Kazemi, Reza Yaqubi, Saeid Alavi and Mostafa Mousavi set off to Tienchen on March 23^rd. Preparatory camp went on 8 days with instructions on rock climbing, ice climbing, bivouac in extreme condition, acclimatization & physiological principles, tactics of high altitude expeditions, alpine style on high mountains, and details of expedition organizing," the expedition leader Kiyoumars Babazadeh, continued, "Now three months has remained till our departure, while we must put our efforts to get into shape for this expedition under the supervision of Kazakh star."

IMZ News Department
April 10, 2011

Entrance test for qualification courses of trekking

Mountaineering & Sport Climbing Federation of Iran is going to hold entrance tests for Level-3 and Level-2 instructor courses in early May.
According to MSFI, entrees to Level-2 test should have taught at least 4 elementary courses of trekking during last 4 years. Besides, they should have passed elementary courses of rock climbing and Ice & Snow too. Meanwhile, attending Level-3 test just needs evidence of elementary courses of trekking, Ice & Snow and rock climbing. Trekking evidence should be dated back to at least 2 years ago.

IMZ News Department
April 8, 2011

Manaslu sees more Iranians this season

Alireza Behpour, Mahmud Hashemi and Iraj Ma’ani set off toward KTM this morning planning to summit Mt. Manaslu.
"Like Zanjan mountaineers, we will attempt the normal route on NE side of the mountain. By the way, Zanjan mountaineers will be in base camp in coming few days. They have left KTM five days ago," Alireza told IMZ News.
Alireza has been Iranian expedition’s doctor during recent years, while Mahmud and Iraj were members of iran’s national expedition to Dhaulagiri last spring. Both of them managed to reach Dhaula’s summit.

IMZ News Department
April 6, 2011

Entrance test for qualification course of Ski Mountaineering

An Entrance test will be held on April 7^th to evaluate those people willing to attend the course that is going to be executed over April 25-29 by European Instructors in Iran.
This test is held in Tochal resort by ski mountaineering committee at mountaineering federation of Iran. Meanwhile, participants will be checked in skinning techniques, off-piste skiing and their knowledge about avalanche safety.
In order to take part in the course, entrees should have successfully passed elementary ski mountaineering and ice & snow courses.

IMZ News Department
April 5, 2011

Azim Gheychisaz; First Iranian attempting on Kanchenjunga

Iranian Azim Gheychisaz left Iran on April 1^st to join an international expedition on Mt. Kanchenjunga the third tallest mountain in the world.
"I will team-up with Chinese, Columbian, American and Australian mountaineers to attempt on the mountain from normal Nepal side route," Azim said prior to his departure.
Born in 1980 in Tabriz at NE side of Iran, Azim is a talented alpinist with Everest, Dhaulagiri, Nanga-Parabat and Broad Peak in his bag beside an unsuccessful attempt on GI in 2003. Now, he is the first Iranian set off for an attempt on Kanchenjunga.

IMZ News Department
April 4, 2011

Zanjan expedition heading to Manaslu

Nine men from Zanjan province will leave Iran on March 28 for an attempt on Mt. Manaslu (8156 m), the eighth highest mountain in the world.
Masoud Bayat-Manesh (leader), Masou Hamidi (doctor), Ali Bayat-Manesh, Mojtaba Meqdadi, Husain Moqadam, Saeid Karimi, Karim Bigdeli and zanjan’s famous alpinist Mohammad-Hasan Najarian are members of this expedition, who will attempt on Normal route. They have been picked up through a 10-stage selection & preparatory camp.
Iranians have done two successful attempts on Mt. Manaslu by Mohammad Jafar Asadi and Mehdi Amidi respectively in 1976 and 2010.

IMZ News Department
March 26, 2011

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