GHM is an elitist group of climbers founded in 1919 in France. The standards of entry are very high, but the group is not restricted to French nationals. It issues an annual bulletin of new alpne climbs . It is an influential and highly respected body in the climbing world. (Walt Unsworth, Encyclopedia of Mountaineering).
The Alpine Club of Iran, in order to promote the standards of climbing in Iran, started a cooperation with GHM in 2007 and signed a protocol with this prestigious organization. After performing two courses on big wall climbing in 2007 and 2009 in Polekhb and Sangsar, with GHM, now ACI in collaboration with Mountaineering Federation of Iran and some other organizations, is going to perform the "Bistoon International Rock Climbing Festival" in next October.
Bistoon is a great limestone wall near Kermanshah city, west of Iran.
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