Mt. Everest 2005: Iranian Expedition

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Update 4/5/2005: According to Iran Mountaineering Federation's public relation, Iranian Expedition have climbed Kalapatar (5545 m) last Thursday for acclimatization now they are in Everest BC.  They are going to ascend to C1 during this week.

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The Iran Mountain Federation has announced that they are planning to have the National Women’s Mountaineering Team attempt to summit Mount Everest in 2005. If successful they will be the first Iranian women to climb to the highest point on earth, they are the first group to represent Muslim women on Everest. An expedition had been planned in 2003 for Iranian women; however it was cancelled a few days before leaving Tehran.

They have begun the selection of women climbers during camp in Kelardasht, where they will be climbing in the Alborz Range. They have experienced heavy snowfall and it is not known to what altitude they will be able to train. There are 26 members of the National Team of Iranian Men’s Mountaineers assisting with the testing and training and this group of men will accompany the female expedition to Everest.

This will be the first attempt for the National Team of women to climb an 8000m peak. In the last few years this group has climbed 6000m and 7000m peaks throughout the Himalaya. Among the Iranian men mountaineers joining this expedition are; Maghbel HonarPajouh, who at 21 became the youngest person to summit Lhotse in 2002 and Reza Bahadorani, who would have accompanied the 2003 Everest expedition.

Update 3/2/2005

Iranian 2005 Everest Expedition team members

Iran Mountaineering Federation introduced five men and five women as the members of Iranian 2005 Everest Expedition, where there are four other names as the reserved ones in the list. All members of the final preliminary test have been divided in two expeditions. According to public relation of Iran Mountaineering Federation, the first Expedition, comprised of five men and five women as well as the expedition leader, a cameraman and a medical doctor will be going to Everest in pre-monsoon. Also there are four others (two men and two women) as the reserved members in the list. In fact, the attendance of the reserved members is under the shadow of financial problems, according to IMF.

Iranian 2005 Everest Expedition (women)
1- Farkhondeh Sadegh
2- Rezvan Salmasi
3- Laleh Keshavarz
4- Roya Sadat-Ghazanfari
5- Leila Bahrami
6- Nasrin Nemati (Reserved)
7- Parvin Rezaei (Reserved)

Iranian 2005 Everest Expedition (men)
1- Reza Zarei
2- Shahab Raeisi
3- Azim Gheychisaz
4- Reza Bahadorani
5- Mehdi Sharifi
6- Farhad Azizi-Moghadam (Reserved)
7- Javad GheeahShenas (Reserved)

The second expedition will be going to Kazakhstan in Summer 2005, IMF public relation has added. Four men and seven women have been announced as the members of the expedition, though the name of the peak in Kazakhstan has not mentioned.

Source IMF (Iran Mountaineering Federation) and Mohammad Hajabolfat/IRANMountainZone

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