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mosque there which serves as lodging and in the summer as<br />

the starting point for tPants trying for the summit. Due to<br />

the snow storm the day before, the drive <strong>en</strong>ds after 200 m<br />

and we must make the other 1800 m under our own power.<br />

The weather unfolds exactly as forecasted and we reach the<br />

hut that afternoon in brilliant sunshine. So indescribably<br />

beautiful is the view, so homely and repellant appears the<br />

hut. Several years ago, for the unimaginable sum of 1.2<br />

million dollars, the place was re-built and they got everything<br />

wrong that could possibly be wrong about an alpine<br />

hut. We’re talking about a damp, ice cold refrigerator here<br />

with 4 meter high rooms that have no ambi<strong>en</strong>ce or coziness<br />

whatsoever. That ev<strong>en</strong>ing we deliberate on how to proceed.<br />

We’re actually supposed to do a small tour to 5000 m the<br />

next day and the summit on the day after. Because the weather<br />

forecast is only good for tomorrow, we decide on an<br />

early summit attempt.<br />

After a fretful night we start out in the dark at 530. Due<br />

to the snow conditions and the elevation, we progress very<br />

slowly. It takes us 3 hours to go the first 450 m. The breakable<br />

wind crust makes us continuously search for a way<br />

through the rock outcroppings. We avoid the op<strong>en</strong> slopes<br />

because of avalanche danger. With the sunrise, our confi-<br />

24. REPORT IRAN<br />

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