First Iranian lady expedition leader to climb Nanga Parbat in a call for Karun river
10:18 am CDT Jun 17, 2008
(K2Climb.net) Last year, Kazem Faridian was one of the climbers when in a United Nations high-altitude summit push of sorts 6 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 Babel 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 Karun
According to Minoo, another landmark is that this is the first Iranian expedition to actually have a sponsor. The sponsoring Narvan Arra association and its partner the Bosch Rexroth Group hopes the expedition will raise global awareness about the disaster of Karun; one of Iran's mighty rivers. The river stretches about 960 km out of which about 400 km have been polluted.
A Narvan Arra representative accompanying the expedition told Karrar that the company owner is a mountaineer himself who climbed all peaks in Iran and Narvan Arra 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.
|
|
Top Feature Stories |
|
Latest News |
more news |
|
Pakistan climbing fees - frozen another year
Full Story
|
|
StatCrunch, take 2: 8000er national ranking
Full Story
|
|
StatCrunch: 8000er mountaineers with 6 summits or more, updated
Full Story
|
|
ExWeb interview with Cecilie Skog, “Rolf is gone. But not my dreams and I hold on to those dreams really tight”
Full Story
|
|
ExWeb interview with Latok II rescuer Dave Ohlson, "deciding to help was automatic"
Full Story
|
|
Bulgarian Boyan Petrov's GII debrief: 30 tall meters of honor
Full Story
|
|
Karakoram 2009 Season's end Chronicle
Full Story
|
|
Arian Lemal: waste management +8000 m style
Full Story
|
|
|
|
ExWeb interview with Ryan Waters and Cecilie Skog, “The mental part was the most difficult part” Jan 22, 2010
|
|
Slam-dunk: Cecilie and Ryan bag polar history Jan 21, 2010
|
|
Antarctic wrap-up: Cecilie Skog and Ryan Waters did it! The first unassisted and unsupported expedition across Antarctica! Jan 21, 2010
|
|
9 out of 10 climbers use Thuraya in Himalaya: check out the price cut at HumanEdgeTech! Jan 20, 2010
|
|
Himalaya shakedown, continued: what’s the worth of a summit certificate? Jan 19, 2010
|
|
Himalaya shakedown, continued: what’s the worth of a summit certificate? Jan 19, 2010
|
|
ExplorersWeb Week in Review Jan 15, 2010 Jan 15, 2010
|
|
Monster slide in Pakistan's Hunza Valley leaves tens of thousands winter-stranded Jan 14, 2010
|
|
ExWeb 2010 CES report: Life's Good - here's your new LG TV Jan 12, 2010
|
|
ExplorersWeb Week in Review Jan 10, 2010 Jan 10, 2010
|
|
Pakistan climbing fees - frozen another year Jan 7, 2010
|
|
ExplorersWeb headed to Las Vegas for CES 2010 Jan 5, 2010
|
|
|
