Mohammad Oraz (

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

: Mihemed Ewraz, fa, محمد اوراز; 1969 in

Naghadeh Naqadeh (; ; ), formerly known as Sulduz, is the main town of Naqadeh County, West Azerbaijan Province in Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 72,975, in 18,320 families. Name Naqadeh is the current name of the town (and county). The for ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

– September 7, 2003 in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

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) was an Iranian mountain climber. He was the second Iranian climber after

Hooman Aprin Hooman (هومن) is a Persian male name which means 'benevolent and good natured'. Hooman is synonymous to Vahooman (وهومن) and Bahman (بهمن). It is featured on the Faravahar of the Zoroastrian faith. The three "Hu's" are represented ...

to conquer

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

, reaching the summit in 1998.

Biography

Oraz was born in September 1969, in

, West Azerbaijan. Oraz accompanied the writer Rory Stewart for three months during his walk across Iran. In 2003, during an attempt to ascend

Gasherbrum I Gasherbrum I ( ur, ; ), surveyed as K5 and also known as Hidden Peak, is the 11th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is located in Shigar District in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. Gasherbrum I is part of the Ga ...

, Oraz and his colleague, Moqbel Honarpajouh, were hit by an avalanche. The pair were transferred to Shifa Hospital in

, Honarpajouh survived but Oraz died 20 days later on 7 September.

Successful ascents

Oraz's major climbs included: * 1998, Rakapushi, Pakistan. * 1998, Everest, Nepal. * 2000,

Cho Oyu __NOTOC__ Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the ''Khumbu'' sub-section of the Mahalangur ...

, Nepal, without oxygen. * 2000, Shishapangma, China, without oxygen. * 2001, Makalu, Nepal, without oxygen. * 2001, Ararat, Turkey. * 2002,

Lhotse Lhotse ( ne, ल्होत्से ; , ''lho tse'', ) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at , after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu ...

, Nepal, without oxygen. * 2003, up to 7900m of

, Pakistan.

References

External links

Mohammad Oraz Profile at Iran Mountain Zone
* http://www.soma-digest.com/Direje.aspx?Soma=&Jimare=47&Babet=LatestNewsAnalysis Mountaineering deaths Iranian mountain climbers Summiters of Mount Everest People from Naqadeh 1969 births 2003 deaths Sport deaths in Pakistan Kurdish mountain climbers Urmia University alumni Kurdish sportspeople Mount Ararat Iranian summiters of Mount Everest {{Iran-sport-bio-stub