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Since March 2004, Elementary course on Mountaineering, has been considered
as a must to participate in IMF’s climbing courses, according
to a new statement of Iran Mountaineering Federation (IMF).
IMF's web site
www.iranmountfed.com
March 16, 2004
During the fourth annual national ice climbing championship, which
was hold over Hamaloon ice wall, Afshin Yousefi won the competition
and Ehsan Salahshoor and Maysam Taqipour stood afterward.
31 competitors were participated in this open competition, which
hold in two rounds on Friday, March 5.
He was Mohammad Saboori the only one who topped out the route in
the first round to enter the final round along with eight others.
These nine climbers leaded the mixed route of the second round,
but none of them could reach the top.
Finally, Afshin Yousefi won this competition that was hold by climbing
committee of IMF. Ehsan Salahshoor, Maysam Taqipour, Akbar Jelvani,
Mohammad Saboori and Omid Amohammadi stood at next stages.
IMZ News Department
March 5 , 2004
Photo reportage of fourth annual
Iranian national ice climbing championship
Third International Fajr Climbing Championship held over artificial
wall of Enqelab sport complex with the participation of 226 men
and women climbers from Iran, Kazakhstan, France and England.
According to IMF’s public relation, 185 climbers were participated
in men’s difficulty class, which held in three rounds. In
this class, Mohammad Jafari, winner of gold medal in Asian Youth
Climbing Championship in 2002, topped out the routes 5.12b and 5.12
d in first and second rounds and touched the last hold in 5.13 b
in final to be the best climber of this competition. Hassan Javadian
and Amir pirveisi both from Iran stood afterward.
Also in men’s speed class Hamidreza Toozandejani, Reza Pilpa
and Mehdi Zendekar all from Iran earned the first to third places.
In women’s category, which held only in difficulty class,
Tamara.H.Smirrova from Kazakhstan won the competition and Parisa
Nobari and Bahare Moradi stood afterward.
IMZ News Department
February 27 , 2004
International Fajr Climbing Championship will be held on 25 and 26 February
2004 in Zanjan.
According to IMF public relation, the competition runs in two difficulty
and speed classes and few foreign teams participate in it as well
as Iranian climbers.
The competition is open to youth and adults and will be held on
artificial wall of Enqelab sport complex in Zanjan.
IMZ News Department
February 17 , 2004
More than 200 climbers summitted 5 peaks of Zardkuh region in a
great ascent, which was organized by Iran Mountaineering Federation
at first as the celebration of 25th anniversary of 1979 Islamic
revolution and secondarily in the memorial of Mohammad Oraz, well-known
Iranian mountaineer who died in Gasherbrum 1 in September 2003.
340 climbers from different organizations and clubs throughout the
country were participated in this ascent, which was set up to done
in two stages from 4th to 11th of February 2004. The first team
comprised of 100 climbers entered the region from Chelgerd in east
of Zardkuh and tried on Koloonchi(4210 m) and ChalMishan(3850 m).
It was severe storm and great amount of snow that caused the first
team to leave the region before summitting the peaks.
The second team entered the region with more than 240 climbers in
February 8. They were arranged in two groups who were going to ascend
5 peaks of the range. Koloonchi(4210 m), Shah-e-Shahidan(4100 m),
Haft-Tanan(4060 m), ChalMishan(3850 m) and SefidAb(3800 m) were
those peaks, which finally were ascended by 220 climbers in a relatively
stable weather situation during 9 and 10 February.
It is worth mentioning that in the opening ceremony of this great
ascent, five IMF mountain instructors were praised in a symbolic
movement.
IMZ News Department
February 12 , 2004
Fifth annual Shaghayegh Climbing Competition, which was going to
be held on January 8 and 9, canceled.
Saed Najafi the head of technical committee of Karaj Climbing Council
announced the news. He pointed out to some problems as the cause of cancelation.
IMZ News Department
December 29 , 2003
President of Iran`s Mountaineering Federation (IMF) and his accompanying
delegation inaugurated the ice climbing resort in Hamaloon valley
on Thursday, December25, where governor, mayor and some other officials
of Rudbar-e-Qasran region were attended in the inauguration as sponsors
of the project.
The formation of ice wall is due to 
leakage of water that is brought from a spring by mean of water
pipe to this part of valley, which has a cold weather caused by
lack of direct sun light. The ice wall has an area of about 100 meters
in length and 20 to 40 meters in height.
Maygoon Mountaineering group has implemented the idea of forming
this ice wall. “We aim to make there an ice climbing resort
as well as establishing an ice climbing school.” said MirMohammadi
a member of the group. “We invite all ice climbers to this
resort” he added.
It is worth mentioning that Hamaloon cave and Kayghobad castle are
among the other attractions of Hamaloon valley, 40 kilometers north
of Tehran in Rudbar-e-Qasran region where you can access few of
4,000-meter peaks in middle alborz.
IMZ News Department
December 25 , 2003
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