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Bryar Faris and Rukan Ahmad are a couple that fell in love over their love for the outdoors and climbing. Together, they recognized a desperate need that the outdoor climbing community faced and made the decision to open the first … Read More
You can see the summit of the mountain Piremigron from practically anywhere in the city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan. This mountain inspires curiosity and adventure in anyone that visits the city, and in the past two decades the mountain … Read More
UPDATED Part II Iraq is a place where discoveries are still being made; whether it is reaching summits of mountains for the first time, or re-discovering canyons long-forgotten, or even learning about history that was right in front of you … Read More
An incredible canyon with deep water soloing and climbing walls over 100 meters tall was just re-discovered in Iraqi Kurdistan – the Bride & Groom Canyon. With the country still under quarantine, people are looking for interesting ways to spend … Read More
In an unprecedented time when the entire world economy has ground to a halt due to the novel Corona Virus, a small group of mountaineers is busy making history in Iraq. Together, on January 24, 2020 this year we achieved … Read More
An exciting first happened yesterday in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; we held our first Online Climbing Video Class at the First Climbing School in Iraq, the Hawraz Climbing School. The class was taught by … Read More
Climbing Iraq’s mountains only started around the year 2000, and that was just a handful of people. It wasn’t until eight years later that a climbing community started to form, but that just sparked a fire which exploded when Social … Read More
Mountaineering is in its infancy in Iraq, with no professional programs and the first and only climbing equipment store in the country opening in April of this 2018. There are no trail maps, and no routes other than those known … Read More
On September 7, 2019 Kurdish climber Hawraz Raza fell from a rock wall in a tragic accident. Several hours later he was pronounced dead at the Sulaymaniyah Hospital in Iraq surrounded by friends and climbing partners. News of … Read More
2019 – Handren Mountaineering History is being made practically every day in Iraq as mountaineers sprint and catch up with the rest of the world. They do this in spite of not having the right tools or training, guided by … Read More