Mount Elbrus Russia. The name "Elbrus" is a metathesis of "Alborz", which is also the name of a long mountain range in northern Iran. It is derived from Avestan "Harā Bərəzaitī", which is a legendary mountain in Iranian mythology. "Harā Bərəzaitī" reflects Proto-Iranian *"Harā Bṛzatī", which was reformed into Middle Persian as "Harborz", and into Modern Persian as "Alborz". "Bṛzatī" is the feminine form of the adjective *"bṛzant" ("high"), the reconstructed ancestor of Modern Ossetian "bærzond" ("high", "peak"), Modern Persian "barz" ("high"), "berāzande" ("elegant"), and "boland" ("high", "tall"), and Modern Kurdish "barz" ("high"). "Harā" may be interpreted as "watch" or "guard", from
Pearl Going highest peak in Europe Mt Elbrus, Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mt Aconcagua, where she was injured by a rock fall. She has worked as a fashion show organiser and written for the National Business Review. Pearl Going Sián-Pearl Going (born 27 January 1985) is a New Zealand media publicist, socialite, and mountaineer. Going was born in Northland and is a member of the famous Going family, renowned for producing Rugby football players - including Sid Going. She was described in 2008 as a "the hottest property on the party circuit" in Auckland. During 2011 and 2012 she concentrated on