Part 4 of this blog can be found here. Following our Damavand ascent the previous day, we are up for an 8am breakfast then it is time to pack those final items. The mules will carry our large bags down to camp 1 so we just have our day sacks. Mehti wants to take a picture of the group in front Continue Reading
Iran Adventure: Part 4 – Damavand
Part 3 of this blog can be found here. This blog covers my Mount Damavand climb. On Wednesday, 5th August 2015 I wake up on a concrete floor in converted stables. Sleep has been OK, if broken. My ageing body is not used to sleeping on a thin blow up mattress. It was warm enough Continue Reading
Iran Adventure: Part 3 – To Damavand
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
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