Azim Gheychisaz

Statue of Azim Gheychisaz in Eynali.

Azim Gheychisaz (Azerbaijani: Əzim Qeyçisaz, Persian: عظیم قیچیساز born 1981, in Tabriz) is a mountain climber of Iranian Azerbaijani descent. He is a member of Iranian national mountaineering team. By 2014, he has successfully completed ascent to 13 peaks out of 14 peaks over 8'000 m. Except in ascending to Everest, he did all of those ascents without supplementary oxygen, without Hi-porters.

Azim successfully completed his 2nd ascent to mount Everest in 2016, this time without bottled oxygen or Hi-porters. ^[1] ^[2]

Life

He is born on 1981 in Tabriz, Iran. He is graduated from technical high school with a degree in machinery. He is student of Physical Education in University of Tabriz

Successful ascents

Azim's successful ascents include following peaks ^[3]

2002- Marble Wall Peak (6400 m)
2003- Gasherbrum I
2004- Diran Peak (up to 5500m)
2004- Spantik
2005- Everest (with supplementary oxygen)
2005- Ararat
2006- Noshaq
2008- Broad Peak
2009- Pobeda Peak
2010- Dhaulagiri, the first Iranian ascent
2010- Nanga Parbat
2011- Kangchenjunga, the first Iranian ascent
2011- Gasherbrum II
2012- Annapurna, the first Iranian ascent
2012- K2
2012- Manaslu
2013- Makalu, the first Iranian ascent
2013- Cho Oyu,the first Iranian ascent
2014- Shishapangma, the first Iranian ascent
2016- Everest (2nd ascent, without supplementary oxygen)

References

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