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We have met many wonderful people in Iran. Among them a group of three travellers from Olomouc, another three member group of two boys and a girl from Jevicko, a group of six Spanish telemarkers and skialpinists, people from Germany and Austria, and obviously a lot of cool Iranians! Moreover, in Reineh we had met two Swiss boys on their one year long climbing journey via Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and India!
Iran skiing 2004 - participants
Iran skiing 2004 is the sixth expedition of 155. mountaineering club Vsetin. After Pamiro-Alaj trips in 1999, 2000, and 2001, we travelled to Kamchatka-peninsula in 2002 and 2003, and finally, this year to Iran. All expeditions are connected with ski-alpinism, snowboarding, and other snow and ice based activities.
Jan "Palič" Pala, Ph.D. - leader, 30 years, Jablunka, Institue
of Radio Engineering and Electronics Academy of Sciences Czech Republic.
Huge experiences with ski alpinism in European mountains, in 1999, 2000
and 2001 expeditions into Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan). Year 2000 - leader
of 15 mountaineers and skiers at Pik Lenin (7134 m) through the classical
route via Pik Razdelnaja, one member at the summit, two finished due to
weather at 7000 m. Year 2001 - leader of 22 mountaineers, snowboarder and
skiers at Pik Lenin, first climb through the left part of the North Face
and the first Czech downhill on skis, the first climb seven people (including
first woman Alice Korbova), on the summit five people (ski-alpinists Petr
Novak, Alice Korbova, Milan Hurtik, Jiri Pleskac, and telemarker Peter Kollar),
three people climbed up through the classical route via Pik Razdelnaja.
Ski-alpinist expeditions at vulcanos to Kamchatka-peninsula in 2002 and
2003. First Czech downhills from aproximately six vulcanos including the
highest Kluchevskaja (4750 m) - together with Petr Novak, Natalia Zhukovets,
and others.
Petr "Hřib" Adámek - boss of 155. mountaineering club
Vsetin, 37 years, Vsetin, specialist in work with climbing technique,
climber, skialpinist and snowboarder, In 2001, he climbed up via own variation
through the North Face of Pik Lenin with snowboard up to 6600 m alone, and
he made downhill run. In 2002 he took part in succesfull expedition to Kamchatka.
He passed a lot of summer and winter climbs in Alps and High Tatras together
with skialpinism and snowboard.
Karel "Rámeček" Toráč, 29 years, Jablunka, specialist
for venetian blind, climber and skialpinist. Member of Pik Lenin 2001 expedition,
he climbed up a new route above Camp 3 up to 6500 m in the North Face of
Pik Lenina. At Kamchatka in 2002 Jaroslave Gerza and he were the first Czech
ski-alpinists at the vulcano Avachinskaja (2741 m). Otherwise he paid main
attention into summer and winter High Tatras.
Petr "Drabix" Drabek, 30 years, Hranice na Morave,
teacher and IT specialist, skialpinist. Main attention in skiing was paid
on Slovak mountains and Alps. It is his first trip to Asia.