Photo shows Raquel Garcia, from Cantabria, Spain, undated photo. The mountaineer was allegedly prevented from climbing up to the peak of Mount Damavand in Iran because of her gender. Note: Picture is private (@raqueltoots/Newsflash)
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30 December 2022
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An expert Spanish climber has told how officials in Iran stopped her from summiting a mountain because she is a woman. Raquel Garcia was about 2,200 feet from the summit of 18,606-foot-high Mount Damavand in Mazandaran Province when her guide turned her and her party back. According to...