Please click here for Part 2. Part 3 of this blog describes our journey to Damavand, one of the Volcanic Seven Summits. I awoke at Shirpala on 4th August after a better night’s sleep – but not a great one. Breakfast was at a late 8am – it was also not great today so I raided some of the Continue Reading
Archives for October 2015
Iran Adventure: Part 2 – Mount Tochal
Part 1 of this blog can be found here. This part covers our ascent of Mount Tochal, part of our acclimatisation for Damavand. I had not slept so well in ages. 10 hours solid. I must have been tired. Yde and I went down to breakfast. We did not see any of the others as we tucked into Continue Reading
Iran Adventure: Part 1 – To Tehran
For Iran, like Russia and some other countries, a letter of invitation is needed from a tour company before a tourist visa can be applied for. Before then you complete an application form and send this to the tour company. For British citizens (and US, Canadian and Australian ones too) you have to Continue Reading
Confessions of a peakbagger – yet a further postscript
It's funny how, having done a blog on peakbagging, a number of related commentaries appear. Now we have this. I think I need to be shocked and upset at the "accolade". Does this make me "dull" too? Myrddyn Phillips takes it all in remarkably good stead. But I think that it is all remarkably Continue Reading