event Big Wall Climbing Bisotun

 

Bisotun

The 4th Festival of Big wall Climbing Iran – Kermanshah

20^th to 27^th 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 4^th 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 20^th October 2018 dinner meal to 27^th 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: 30^th August 2018

Please send your registration form before 30^th 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 20^th October 2018 dinner meal to 27^th 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,