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Photographs fron the 1977 British Speleological Expedition to the Zagros Mts, Iran. - Back to index - foward to next image -
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| ...a frightening sight - Dave Morris, Martin Farr's diving mate, in his underpants firing an Iraqi Kurd's rifle ! Just before I got up to top camp, a different bunch of Kurds had stumbled on every one during the night and woke them all to gunpoint. With some... cont below. |
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| difficulty everything was explained as to who we were - then they returned in the day a little while later - so we had some of their 'chai' tea and they let us have a go on their guns. They said they hunted 'Lupo', ( leopards ) though I couldn't see why they would have all the metalwork on the rifles taped with black electrical tape if that were so. I'm glad they were friendly. * * |