New Meaning To Trad-Style Climbing...
A group of Iranian women have successfully summited the country's third highest peak wearing traditional Islamic dress
Posted: 5 September 2002
by Jon
Ananova is reporting that eight female university students in Iran
have succeeded in climbing the country's third highest mountain
wearing full Islamic dress.
The students were led by a male guide on the climb up Mount
Sabalan in north-west Iran and therefore had to cover up their bodies
and faces with head scarves and long black robes. They reportedly now
intend to attempt an ascent of Mount Agri in Turkey.
OM regulars will recall that last October a delegation of five
British climbers visited Iran as representatives of the BMC and with
the aim of developing contacts with Iranian climbers. They took part
in coaching sessions with competition climbers, but most
interestingly, Anne Arran was able to work - behind closed doors -
with Iranian women climbers, who were tackling hard rock routes in
traditional dress. See picture below:
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