Arash Zeini

Friends,

Since two days I have been at home only. I have not done aything else beside writing, writing and writing. I let one hiking appointment go. Hopefully this will lead us to something and I will be able to visit Amitis soon. I am very excited for that.
All, wish Amitis and me luck.

Yes, we did it. Shabdix GNU/Linux, Iran’s first GNU/Linux distribution, is out. Well, it is not much but it is a small beginning and people have sofar liked it. We have so far just invested money in to this thing - even if it has not been much - and there is no prespective to earn any of it back. But we are happy that we did it, even if it was to set an example and nothing else.

Yesterday we (Bahram and his friend Zahra) set out for the Kholeno peak (خلنو); in central Alborz. With 4375 meters Kholeno is the second highest peak after Damavand in the central part of Alborz. There are actually three Kholeno peaks: Borje Kholeno (برج خلنو), Small Kholeno (خلنو‌ی کوچک) and Big Kholeno (خلنو‌ی بزرگ).
‌What we didn’t know, was that it would be a full winter ascend. We expected some snow but nothing like what we encountered. At one point we could measure up to 147 cm of snow. But we were equiped well enough to make it a safe ascend.
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Last Wednesday I met Aghaghiya and her husband James. I had heard that they are hikers - I knew they are very good travellers - and so I invited them to go hiking with me on Friday. They accepted happily and I picked them up today morning at 04:45 and set out for Shirpala via the Darband route.
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