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Upcoming Events
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13 September 2025 07:00 PM Until 14 September 2025 03:00 AM
0AAI is celebrating 50-Years of Mountain Adventure with a MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL, MAKER'S MARKET, GEAR SALE, AND FREE EDUCATIONAL CLINICS!
EQUIPMENT SHOP SALE: Up to 40% off new gear and tons of used mountaineering, skiing, snowboarding and climbing equipment!
AVALANCHE COUSE SALE: Buy anything and get $100 off an avalanche course.
MAKER'S MARKET: Local outdoor makers and artists will be selling their wares.
FREE EDUCATIONAL CLINICS:
2pm - Know Before You Go: Effective Use of Outdoor Electronics
4pm - Know Before You Go: Wilderness Rescue Resources and What to Expect
6:30pm - Know Before You Go: Avalanche Awareness
CLINIC DESCRIPTIONS:
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: EFFECTIVE USE OF OUTDOOR ELECTRONICS
This will be a presentation on several things that all outdoor enthusiasts should be aware of:
--Phones and How to Use them Effectively in the Backcountry
--Mapping Applications (which is best for you?)
--Ancillary Useful Applications
--Satellite Messaging Systems (the good, the bad and the ugly)
--Satellite Phones (the bad, the ugly and the good)
--Battery Banks and Solar Charging
--Radios (person-to-person and for rescue)
--Avalanche Transceivers
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: WILDERNESS RESCUE RESOURCES AND WHAT TO EXPECT
What happens when you need a rescue in the wilderness? Who shows up? What do they do? How do they manage a situation? Do you have to pay for a rescue? Will a helicopter come? Who is in charge? How will they find me?
Wilderness rescue, search and rescue and mountain rescue are complicated topics. This is because they don't fit easily into one box. It's different everywhere you go. In this seminar, we will discuss how rescue operations work locally, how they work in other jurisdictions, and how they work internationally. In addition to that, we'll talk about tne complicated politics of search and rescue operations in a wilderness setting.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: AVALANCHE AWARENESS
This program is designed to introduce winter backcountry enthusiasts to avalanche terrain assessment, winter snowpack analysis and rescue technique. It also provides you a venue to talk frankly with our expert guides on how to create a reasonable margin of safety when climbing, skiing, or snowboarding on avalanche prone slopes
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17 October 2025 02:00 AM
0TICKETS $10 EACH - AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER
A JOURNEY THROUGH BOLD NEW VOICES AND GROUNDBREAKING ADVENTURE!
The Women’s Adventure Film Tour will present a thrilling selection of films that span extreme sports, personal journeys, and boundary-pushing storytelling from across the globe.
This year’s program highlights the resilience and creativity of individuals navigating the challenges of both the outer world and their own inner landscapes. We are thrilled to present a program that brings together incredible stories of courage, adventure, and self-discovery. These films represent the spirit of perseverance and the power of women in the outdoors to inspire, entertain, and spark important conversations.
FEATURED FILMS:
This year’s lineup includes a diverse range of films that explore the physical, emotional, and personal journeys of athletes and adventurers. Sliding takes audiences into the high-speed world of skeleton sledding, capturing the intense precision and adrenaline of the sport. Cycling the World follows one woman’s multi-year journey across five continents, 28 countries, and 29,000 kilometers, offering a powerful reflection on both the outer adventure and inner transformation. It Will Be Different For You is a portrait of Olympian Lea Davison, who reflects on her lifelong relationship with mountain biking and the personal trials and triumphs that have shaped her path. In Above Sinai , Egyptian kiteboarder Sarah Sadek defies cultural expectations and empowers her community, challenging norms while embracing her love of the sport. Finally, Drawn In tells the story of Jessa Gilbert, a backcountry guide and visual artist, whose creative process intertwines the exploration of glaciated terrain with the art of painting, revealing the shared spirit of adventure and creativity in both pursuits.
DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION IN FILMMAKING
WAFT is committed to celebrating diverse voices and innovative storytelling. This year’s selections showcase not only groundbreaking sports films but also powerful narratives that highlight women in adventure, athletes challenging societal expectations, and the transformative power of travel and exploration.
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14 November 2025 03:00 AM
0Tickets - $10 each - Available in October
CLIMBING FILM TOUR is back for its 5th season with an awesome selection of short films celebrating the global climbing community.
Climbing Film Tour is a unique platform for climbers and filmmakers around the world to share their stories with the community. Each year, films are submitted and selected by our Vertical Life climbing team to go on tour with screenings in hundreds of gyms, and cinemas. Join us for a journey around the world.
This season, we’ll follow Ian Elliott, a 72-year-old Australian rock climber defying age stereotypes as he ascends a grade 28/7c route just before his 70th birthday. Kai Lightner, a 12-time national climbing champion, against the backdrop of Jamaica and their emerging climbing community. Meet up with Freya, Leo Houlding’s daughter, who uses climbing as a practice to lean into discomfort and fear to help navigate her neurodiversity and harness its strengths. You’ll be on the edge of your seat in Cedar Wright’s film “Dropping Molly”, following Molly Mitchell’s Roller Coaster Journey to climb “Crank-It”, one of Colorado’s most dangerous routes. We’ll take you north to the ephemeral Scottish land of mixed climbing with Fay and Line and then meet up with Québécois/ Australian Jacques Beaudoin climber and the effort behind a hard trad first ascent up a thin crack in The Gardens of Stone Conservation Area of Newnes Plateau, NSW, Australia. And then, well, a film about Jackson Marvell.
Join us for a journey around the world.
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Events
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20 October 2018 27 October 2018
Bisotun
The 4th Festival of Big wall Climbing Iran – Kermanshah
20th to 27th October 2018
Bisotunn is a vast and complex 1,200m high limestone wall in western Iran's Zagros Range. It is variously reported as up to eight kilometers in width. Currently there are approximately 100 routes, leaving plenty of space for additions. The rock is outstanding - generally sound, well featured and highly abrasive, the latter almost uncomfortably so.
The first International Festival at Bisotun took place in 2010 and was well attended and foreign participants were French (there is a long tradition of climbing here by the Groupe de Haute Montagne), but Australia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland were represented.
Foreign participants, often in the company of local climbers, enjoyed excellent climbing in relaxed company. Most Iranian climbers are middle class and well-educated.In the 2010 festival Nineteen year old Sebastien Bouin from France and 25 year old Hassan Javadian (a former Iranian climbing champion) put up a five-pitch bolted line with a crux of 5.14b.
Anthony Hall and Julie Heller, an Australian couple on their honeymoon, climbed a new 250m route with Iranians Ehsan Mirtaghi and Shokouh Pariai.Honeymoon was rated 5.11a/b.
This year the I.R.Iran Mountaineering & Sport Climbing Federation intended to hold the 4th Festival of Big Wall Climbing in “BISTOUN” in cooperating with UIAA, FFCAM, GHM and Atour Adventure Group in Kermanshah.
Here are the details of the festival:
Date
No
Status
Overnight
20th Oct, 2018
Day 1st
(Pick you up from airport) Register in Tehran
Hotel
21th Oct, 2018
Day 2nd
Transfer to Kermanshah, Bisotun area. Opening ceremony
op-1-Hotel
op-2-Camp
22th Oct, 2018
Day 3rd
Climb the Big-Wall + Sport Climbing + Slack Line +paragliding
op-1-Hotel
op-2-Camp
23th Oct, 2018
Day 4th
Climb the Big-Wall + Sport Climbing + Slack Line +paragliding
op-1-Hotel
op-2-Camp
24th Oct, 2018
Day 5th
Climb the Big-Wall + Sport Climbing + Slack Line +paragliding
op-1-Hotel
op-2-Camp
25th Oct, 2018
Day 6th
Climb the Big-Wall + Sport Climbing + Slack Line +paragliding (Closing Ceremony evening time)
op-1-Hotel
op-2-Camp
26th Oct, 2018
Day 7th
Visit the Kermanshah (Climbing for those want to continue climbing), Evening time transfer back to Tehran
Hotel
27th Oct, 2018
Day 8th
Departure – Transfer back to airport
Meals: full board since 20th October 2018 dinner meal to 27th October 2018 Breakfast.
Accommodation:
1 - First option: All nights hotels in Tehran and in Bisotun.
At Bisotun Hotel LALEH (a superb caravanserai from the 16th century in front of the wall)
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2 – Second option: Hotel at Tehran and Camp in Bisotun.
Camp in Bisotun
The camping site is located in the forest in front of the centre of the wall to the west and close to the hotel
Caravanserai.
Maximum comfort is provided,
Two mess tents (about fifty people each).
Double and individual tents,
Sanitary and showers.
In this case the mattresses is provided but the participants should have their own
Sleeping bag.
Transportation:
- Airport to Hotel and reverse
- Tehran to Bisotun and reverse by VIP bus
- Transportation in Bisotun
Registration:
Please fill the attached form for you and your accompaniers and send it to Mr. Ebrahim Nowtash by ebrahim.nowtash@free.fr
and put the Mr. Mahmoud Hashemi by mailto:mahmood.hs@gmail.com in copy.
Note: Please don’t forget to send the Passport copies and Personal Photo with your form
Registration Deadline: 30th August 2018
Please send your registration form before 30th August 2018
Registration fee:
First option : 550 Euros (€) per each climber
Second option : 300 Euros (€) per each climber
Note : There is professional accompanier possible for 5 days climbing if its needed and the cost is 100 Euros(€).
If you are interested to have city sight in Tehran, Isfahan or Shiraz please contact to Mahmoud Hashemi
by mailto:mahmood.hs@gmail.com
The city sight will organize by https://atouradventure.com
Bisotun services included :
⁃ All Transfers
⁃ full board since 20th October 2018 dinner meal to 27th October 2018 Breakfast
⁃ Snacks and lunch box
⁃ Fresh fruits
⁃ Beverages
⁃ Tents in camp site with mattress
⁃ Attendance Certificate
Bisotun services Excluded :
⁃ Tips
⁃ Transfers more than festival program
⁃ Accommodation more than festival program
⁃ Culture tours
Flights to Tehran
From some European capital there are the direct flight to Tehran with :
Iran air, Air France, Mahan air (Paris) and Lufthansa, Iran air (Frankfort)
Alitalia (Rome) Austrian airline (Vienna) and the other company like Turkish
airline, Pegasus ,Aegean airline, Ukraine airline and Qatar airways, Aeroflot,
and Emirate have more flights to Tehran,
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