Mohammad Oraz

Mohammad Oraz (Kurdish: Mihemed Ewraz), (Persian: محمد اوراز) (born 1969 in Naghadeh, Iran – died September 6, 2003, Islamabad, Pakistan) was an Iranian mountain climber. He was the second Iranian climber after Hooman Aprin to conquer Mount Everest, reaching the summit in 1998^[1]

Biography

Oraz was born in Naghadeh, in 1969, in West Azerbaijan, Iran to an Azerbaijani mother and a Kurdish father. He graduated from Urmia University with a BS degree in 2000. During Rory Stewart's walk across Iran, Oraz accompanied the explorer for three months.^[2] He died during an attempt to ascend Mount Gasherbrum I in 2003. He and his colleague (Moqbel Honarpajouh) were hit by an avalanche. After they were transferred to Shifa Hospital in Islamabad, Honarpajouh survived but Oraz died 20 days later.

Successful ascents

His successful international ascents:

1998, Rakapushi, Pakistan.
1998, Everest, Nepal.
2000, Cho Oyu, Nepal, without oxygen.
2000, Shishapangma, Nepal, without oxygen.
2001, Makalu, Nepal, without oxygen.
2001, Ararat, Turkey.
2002, Lhotse, Nepal, without oxygen.
2003, up to 7900m of Gasherbrum I, Pakistan.

References

^ http://www.mountainzone.ir/oraz.htm#1
^ Stewart, Rory J. N. "Acknowledgments. " The Places In Between. Orlando: Harcourt, 2006. 299. Print.

External links

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[1] ttp://www.mountainzone.ir/oraz.htm#1

[2] Stewart, Rory J. N. "Acknowledgments. " The Places In Between. Orlando: Harcourt, 2006. 299. Print.

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