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Iran · Alborz-Gebirge (Shah Alborz)
Some dreams wait quietly inside of us. Mount Shah Alborz (13,681 feet) was one of mine. I left Iran with my family during the Iran-Iraq War in 1986, eventually building a life in Germany and later the United States. Yet the mountains of Iran never left me. Yet 17 years ago, I returned, drawn back …
2026 · Marjan Miri · 4 min
Iran · Zagros Mountains (Chelgerd)
It's 8 pm, late January. An hour ago, we passed through the last settlement on our route. The road continues through the darkness with countless turns while the amount of snow is increasing. Part of …
2019 · Mohammad Hajabolfath · 5 min
Iran · Tarik Darreh (Zagros Mountains)
The whole story began with a crazy trip of Scott team rider Fabian Lentsch, driving a regular camper van from Austria to Kyrgyzstan and back in summer 2013. While traveling through those remarkable …
2016 · Fabian Lentsch · 5 min
