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DEMAVEND CHALLENGE: ARMENIAN MOUNTAINEERING TEAM ARRIVED IN TEHRAN TO CONQUER IRAN'S HIGHEST PEAK
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Other sports | 25.01.12 | 14:47
Armenian team mountaineers have arrived in Tehran to take part in
the International Mountaineering Championship to be held there on
January 25-28. The team will visit Iran's Mountain Tourism Federation
to get acquainted with the winter conditions of highest peak - Mount
Demavend (5,671 meters) prior to the actual competition, Armenian
Mountaineering and Mountain Tourism Federation deputy chairman Suren
Danielyan told Panorama.am.
Two hundred alpinists from 25 countries will take part in the
tournament. Thursday the Armenian team will climb to the camp on the
altitude of 4100 meters and on Friday and Saturday will try to reach
the peak. The temperature in the mountain ranges from -30C to -40 C
(-22 F to - 40 F) making the climb much more challenging.
The Armenian alpinists qualified for the championship after conquering
several mountains in 2011, among them Mount Ararat (5,165 m) and Mount
Kazbek (5,033m).The seven-member team climbed Demavend in summer,
after which it was invited to take part in the winter championship.
From: A. Papazian
http://armenianow.com/sports/other_sports/34971/armenia_participate_international_mountaineering_c hampionship
Other sports | 25.01.12 | 14:47
Armenian team mountaineers have arrived in Tehran to take part in
the International Mountaineering Championship to be held there on
January 25-28. The team will visit Iran's Mountain Tourism Federation
to get acquainted with the winter conditions of highest peak - Mount
Demavend (5,671 meters) prior to the actual competition, Armenian
Mountaineering and Mountain Tourism Federation deputy chairman Suren
Danielyan told Panorama.am.
Two hundred alpinists from 25 countries will take part in the
tournament. Thursday the Armenian team will climb to the camp on the
altitude of 4100 meters and on Friday and Saturday will try to reach
the peak. The temperature in the mountain ranges from -30C to -40 C
(-22 F to - 40 F) making the climb much more challenging.
The Armenian alpinists qualified for the championship after conquering
several mountains in 2011, among them Mount Ararat (5,165 m) and Mount
Kazbek (5,033m).The seven-member team climbed Demavend in summer,
after which it was invited to take part in the winter championship.
From: A. Papazian