Mohammad Oraz
Mohammad Oraz, was a Kurdish mountain climber. He was the second "Iranian" climber after Hooman Aprin to conquer Mount Everest, reaching the summit in 1998.Biography
Oraz was born in September 1969, in Naghadeh, Kurdistan to an Azerbaijani mother and a Kurdish father.
Oraz accompanied the writer Rory Stewart for three months during his walk across Iran.
In 2003, during an attempt to ascend Gasherbrum I, Oraz and his colleague, Moqbel Honarpajouh, were hit by an avalanche. The pair were transferred to Shifa Hospital in Islamabad, 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, Nepal, without oxygen.
- 2000, Shishapangma, China, without oxygen.
- 2001, Makalu, Nepal, without oxygen.
- 2001, Ararat, Turkey.
- 2002, Lhotse, Nepal, without oxygen.
- 2003, up to 7900m of Gasherbrum I, Pakistan.
