Iran
The Skis Under Our Feet: Universal Truths in Iran
When visiting somewhere exotic, it's not always the bizarre that has the most impact. It's finding the ordinary among the outlandish. In some ways a place can seem vastly unfamiliar, and each person's experiences will paint their own unique picture. But some things are universal, be it in the Midwest or the Middle East. Snow is one of those things. In Iran, that frigid white medium has united the country's first Ford Mustang owner, a one-legged, sheepherding Olympian, and Instagramming teenagers on purple-painted chairlifts. It has connected the country's massive, unexplored mountains to techno parties in downtown Tehran. It has linked ski punks and ski patrollers and wandering tourists, bringing them together to carve down midnight slopes, carrying torches to celebrate the anniversary of the country's revolution...
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