BCMC - The 14 Peaks: A Life Above 8,000 Meters Without the Mask

Trip Information

Name: The 14 Peaks: A Life Above 8,000 Meters Without the Mask

Starts: Tue Dec 09, 2025 19:30

Meetup: Anza Cub

Return: Tue Dec 09, 2025 22:00

Registration opens: Fri Nov 28, 2025

Event category: Social

Difficulty grade: A1 [?]

For members only: No

Screening used: No

Max participants: -

Organizer: Chris Ludwig

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Participant Information

BCMC SOCIAL EVENT - December 9th, 2025

The 14 Peaks: A Life Above 8,000 Meters Without the Mask

We’re thrilled to welcome Azim Gheychisaz to the club's upcoming social. Azim is globally recognized for an extraordinary and rare achievement in mountaineering: He is one of the select few individuals in the world to successfully summit all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters without the aid of supplementary oxygen. Summiting one of these peaks "clean" is an extraordinary achievement. Climbing all 14 is the highest philosophical and physical benchmark in high altitude mountaineering.

Azim Gheychisaz (Persian: عظیم قیچی‌ساز) was born in 1981 in Tabriz, Iran. He is a member of the Iranian national mountaineering team and has become one of Iran's most influential mountaineers, serving as a mentor and role model for new generations of elite Iranian climbers. His educational background includes a degree in machinery from technical high school, and he is a student of Physical Education at the University of Tabriz. His status as the first Iranian to climb all 14 Eight-thousanders without supplementary oxygen imbues his accomplishment with immense national pride and cultural significance. This achievement was officially recognized at the highest levels of the Iranian government, evidenced by congratulations from President Rouhani. This depth of recognition validates his role as a pioneering figure representing a significant non-Western voice in the upper echelons of extreme altitude mountaineering.

Location: The Anza Club, #3, West 8th Ave., Vancouver | 19+ | Doors Open: 7:00 PM, Event Starts: 7.30 PM

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