this is a link showing how to search for victims of avalanche:

http://www.skinet.com/skiing/backcountry/backcountry-safety/2010/01/how-to-search-with-your-avalanche-beacon

defining moments

last thursday i went ski. it was a severe weather. it was snowing like hell but warm, which is not a good sign generally, as it reduces stability of snow, the crystallines transform to granular snow which leads to instability of snow packs. therefore, it increases the chances of avalanches.
on the way from shemshak to dizin, there's a kind of a road block were there was a guy, a local, standing and he told us not to go. as we asked why and there were lot of cars coming from the top, he threatened that he's gonna call his colleagues up there in dizin and tells them to cause us trouble if we continued! as i was surprisingly asking why i decided that i will go anyway and he could kiss my ass, despite being in agreement with the guy that it was dangerous, but the threat and the adventurous nature that i have is just defying that risk-avert nature.
in the mean time, i knew that i will not risk lives for that adventure.
so we continued and as we were going up the winding mountain road from shemshak to dizin, at a point i decided that i will not drive further, as i felt a bit unsafe. we were two cars. so we turned back, despite the calls to continue or at least wait for few minutes there. we went to a smaller resort called Darbandsar and we skied for a while. i had to called it a short day due to knee problems.
later that day, i received a call from a friend and she was asking if i am ok? i said yeah why, and she told me about an avalanche! it was a kilometer away from where i turned back. unfortunately, 8 people including a woman, lost their lives. i was thinking i could have been one of them. in fact we could have added 5 more to that numbers. that was probably a defining moment in my life and others that were with me! i am glad that i took that decision and it was nothing but to appreciate the mountains, the nature.
one have to look at them with respect. an athlete in nature should feel and connect with it. the day that one shows disrespect to nature, that could be the very last day that one is ever breathing.
while our memories is with their families, it should be also understood that it is part of the game. we all know what is lying out there. every single time that i charge down a steep powder, i am well aware of what could happen. the risks make me not scared but courageous and twice as aware and respectful for i know, a single hesitation, a moment of complacency and disrespect, is too costly and disastrous. this is something that i hope the younger athletes would learn.

today i read an article by Ebrahim Nabavi called "Mousavi a modern leader" (in context). i have to say that Nabavi as a humor writer and columnist with his own ludicrous style is one of my favourites. but i have to admit that his political analysis is just as brilliant and he proved it with his latest article on Mousavi and his defiant Leadership. i personally am so happy to have known his work and read his articles.

nimrodel, the procession, the white rider

one of my favourites by Camel - from the album, mirage


when he rides, my fears subside,
for darkness turns once more to light;
through the skies, his white horse flies,
to find a land beyond the night;

once he wore grey, he fell and slipped away
from everybody's sight;
the wizard of them all, came back from his fall
this time wearing white;

he has a certain air, as if he's never there,
but somehow far away;
and though he seems afar, like a distant star.
his warmth he can convey;

where only eagles dare

as sun beams carve through
the skin of my face
i am
lost
in the lonliness of the purest moment
as i am standing
on the highest high,
where only
eagles dare

sex before marriage!

i was reading a long post on whether it is right to have sex before marriage. but who are we kidding? i wonder why some people are asking such questions? we are now living in a society who men just can't get enough of women and they have so many mistresses beside their girl friends or wife/wives!!! and they are too chicken to see their partner do the same.

regardless of all the bullshit in that article, it triggered the following question:
do we really need to get married when we can have sex?
c'mon man, cut the crap and stop playing the angel; go on and have sex. it's not a sin! it's a physical need!

all hail the executioner

Tehran friday prayer speecher, Ahmad Jannati, applauded the executions encouraging judiciary to show no mercy and thanked them for the execution saying "you executed them for sake of god, thank you."
it made me wonder if god is really that brutal? i mean after all he's all about justice. is this justice? how can so called god sit back and listen to these craps and watch these animals take innocent people's life and do nothing? well maybe he's enjoying the ride!