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
Tashi and Nungshi Malik to conquer: Mt Everest (World's & Asia's highest peak) May 2013 Mt Elbrus (Europe's highest peak) Aug 2013 Mt Aconcagua (S. America's highest peak) Jan 2014 Mt Carstensz Pyramid (Australasia's highest peak) Mar 2014 (World's youngest and 2nd pair of twins) Denali (N America's highest peak) Jun 2014 Mt Kilimanjaro (Africa's highest peak) Feb 2012 and O3 Jul 2015 By climbing each of the seven summits together, they have achieved unique distinction of becoming World's First siblings and first twins to do so. After the Seven Summits, on 28 December 2014 they reached South Pole on skies and on 21