29 Mar 2024
Tuesday 3 January 2017 - 10:18
Story Code : 245469

Skiing in a desert: How skiers from Europe conquered Iranian 'sand mountains'

Sputnik- A group of adventurers from Europe headed to Iran to ski among the country's sand hills.

The team, consisting ofextreme-lovers fromSwitzerland, Germany and Austria visited the island ofQeshm. At this time ofthe year, the temperature onthe island can reach 35 degrees Celsius.

Because ofthe hot weather, some athletes were dressed inshorts and baseball caps. Commenting onthe skiing conditions, one ofthe adventurers, Markus Ascher said asquoted byDaily Mail: 'It's the driest I've ever seen.

'Although the athletes might seem tohave easily performed all the tricks onthe video, they admitted that infact their ride was very scary. Iran has become the last destination ofthe athletes' tour. Before that, they have visited Armenia, Turkey and Greece.
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