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Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:42 amby bez33
I made an attempt to climb Damavad in December in 2007. We only made it to Bargahe sevom, as we were turned back by a big approaching storm. The winds can be ferocious up there there so be warned. In fact i was knocked over and also totally messed up my ligaments on the way down.
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Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:43 amby WouterB
Wouldn't mind doing a winter climb myself. If I have enough vacation this year, I might take a train down in december. Ow vacation AND somebody to climb with
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Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:21 pmby neghafi
yea, winter climbing of Damavand can be a serious challenge. This spring 3 (of 4)mountaineers death on Damavand. They faced with storm and couldn't stand that night by Bivouac. 2 of 4 death cause of hypothermia in snow cave and the 3rd one fell about 70-80m to her death next morning influenced by last night. The only survived guy has seroius toes frostbite.
Please be carefull with Damavand at winter conditions. It's quite a wild summit with a calm look.
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Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:19 pmby andre hangaard
I plan to climb Damavand in September. As far as I understand the new hut up at Bargahe sevom is finalized now. Seems to be a rather good hut. Does anyone have any feedback? cheers, André
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Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:35 pmby neghafi
yes good but expensive, no service at winter
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Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:36 pmby divnamite
andre hangaard wrote:I plan to climb Damavand in September. As far as I understand the new hut up at Bargahe sevom is finalized now. Seems to be a rather good hut. Does anyone have any feedback? cheers, André
How did you manage to get a visa? I saw many people stuck in Istanbul because Iran is not giving out visas to anyone right now.
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Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:53 pmby Corax
divnamite wrote:How did you manage to get a visa? I saw many people stuck in Istanbul because Iran is not giving out visas to anyone right now.
My info isn't that fresh, but when I was there last time the Istanbul consulate was really bad. Very hard to get a visa from there. The embassy in Ankara was slightly better, but still they told me to wait around for two weeks to get the visa. In Erzurum the waiting time was three days, but the guy in the consulate there told me to go and get in Tbilisi (as I was passing there anyway), where the waiting time was only one night. So, shoot for Erzurum or Tbilisi as first choices.
At this very moment the situation may be a bit more tricky than usual though.
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Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:47 amby andre hangaard
divnamite wrote:andre hangaard wrote:I plan to climb Damavand in September. As far as I understand the new hut up at Bargahe sevom is finalized now. Seems to be a rather good hut. Does anyone have any feedback? cheers, André
How did you manage to get a visa? I saw many people stuck in Istanbul because Iran is not giving out visas to anyone right now.
Well, technically I have not obtained my IR visa as of today but our applications are at the IR embassy in Stockholm and Im quite sure it will be ok.... But of course, you'll never know....
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Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:01 pmby WouterB
divnamite wrote:andre hangaard wrote:I plan to climb Damavand in September. As far as I understand the new hut up at Bargahe sevom is finalized now. Seems to be a rather good hut. Does anyone have any feedback? cheers, André
How did you manage to get a visa? I saw many people stuck in Istanbul because Iran is not giving out visas to anyone right now.
Walked in to the country, paid 50, got a stamp, walked on... . 10 minutes max. Quite a difference with let's say... Russia
NorthWest
Posted:
Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:36 pmby Alamkuh
I go to Mount Damavand in winter route northwest
Who is willing to climb the north west??
Northwest is in the low-traffic routes and value in terms of technical...
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Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:03 pmby neghafi
I've just summited Damavand via North-East last week. The wind was serious on the 2nd day so didn't let us to climb...
I think wind will got more sever on winter, so be careful about it ...
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Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:40 amby Alamkuh
neghafi wrote:I've just summited Damavand via North-East last week. The wind was serious on the 2nd day so didn't let us to climb...
I think wind will got more sever on winter, so be careful about it ...
NE climb about 2 or 3 next week , The descent route is in our South...
We can get logged happy with the Route North-West for the winter...
I'm waiting for your beautiful picture...
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Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:38 pmby neghafi
We descended from the south face too. We had a mistake not to brought crampons and 3 of us relied on only my ice-axe ... so it turned to a challenge traversing blue-ice of a glacier.
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Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:02 pmby neghafi
I lost Winter climbing of Damavand cause of a knee hurt
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Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:58 pmby WouterB
neghafi wrote:I lost Winter climbing of Damavand cause of a knee hurt
Too bad man! There's always next year, no?