Dear Fellow Mountaineers
Since 2003, December 11 is declared as the International Mountain Day. This can be a good opportunity to enhance awareness and sensitiveness to the importance of mountain ecosystems.
We mountaineers, as lovers of nature – especially mountainous environments - are eager to preserve integrity, cleanness, and soundness of mountains.
The Alpine Club of Iran, kindly request that all mountaineering organizations celebrate the International Mountain Day by holding seminars, workshops, organizing face to face instruction programs, media activities, arranging climbs in eco-friendly manners, etc. .
ACI, will hold a gathering in Tehran in collaboration with Ararat Sport & Culture Club. Furthermore, the club’s offices in various cities, will do climbs, organize mountain cleaning programs, and try to make contacts with city councils, mayors, and the environment department to attract their support in the mountain protection activities. We will try all these actions be covered by medias, to generalize the issue all over the country.
Please contact us to share the measures to be done for our beloved mountains!
October 24, 2009
Abbas Mohammadi
President of ACI and Manager of the Mountainwatch Committee