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First Kurdish woman climbs Himalayas
31.8.2010
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August 31, 2010
COLOGNE, Germany,— Her self-confidence
and love of work proved to be more powerful than the
discouraging force of the snowy weather and rugged
Himalaya range last month.
On July 23, Bayana Fazili, an Iranian Kurd, became
the first Kurdish lady to climb Nun peak,7,135
meters high- the highest peak in the part of the
Himalayan range lying on the Indian side of the Line
of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
Fazili first started climbing in 2000 with the
Iranian mountains. The first mountain she went up
was Sablakh Mountains in the Kurdish region of Iran
[Eastern Kurdistan]. Fazili said that climbing
Himalaya was a dream dating back to the early years
of her life.
She has been a member of Hawraz Climbers Group in
her country since 2004.
Her dream to hike Himalaya was finally made possible
with the opening of a race in Tehran in 2009 for the
Iranian climbers. The first winners were awarded to
hike the highest range of the world.
"Himalaya committee of Mountaineering and Sport
Climbing Council of Tehran picked up 7 men and 6
women after a long selection process among 40 male
and 20 female members,” said Kaveh Kashefi,www.ekurd.nethead
of the Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Council of
Tehran (KSCCT) in an interview published the
MountainZone.ir
"Out of 50 women, only four including me won the
race," Fazili said.
"We are the first Iranian team to safely climb this
mountain.”
Of 13 Iranian hikers, only seven people managed to
climb the mountain in 15-20 days. |
Bayana Fazili , the first Kurdish woman climbs
Himalayas.
Nun peak, 7,135 meters high- the highest peak in the
part of the Himalayan range lying on the Indian side
of the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. |
"It was all snow. Very very cold. The temperature
was minus 50-55 degree. We were forced to stay for
two nights on the second camp," Fazili described how
she had felt on the mountain.
Amid a warm welcome at home, she said she was “very
proud to be the first Kurd” to hike Himalaya.
History of Iranian mountaineers’ attempt in the
Indian side of Himalaya, goes back to 1990. Mohammad
Davoudi was the first Iranian to get to the summit
of White Needle(6600m) and Kun(7077) in 1990.
The Nun Kun mountain massif comprises a pair of
Himalayan peaks: Nun, 7,135 m (23,409 ft) and its
neighbor peak Kun, 7,077 m (23,218 ft).[2] Nun is
the highest peak in the part of the Himalayan range
lying on the Indian side of the Line of Control in
Jammu and Kashmir. (There are higher peaks in the
Indian part of the Karakoram range.) The massif is
located near the Suru valley, about 250 km (160 mi)
east of Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir.
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