Reza Alipour Shenazandifard is an Iranian competition speed climber from Qazvin. He is nicknamed the "Persian Cheetah".
Alipour in 2018
Speed climbing is a climbing discipline in which speed is the ultimate goal. Speed climbing is done on rocks, walls and poles and is only recommended for highly skilled and experienced climbers.
Two climbers compete against each other on the Speed Wall (Chamonix 2018)
Full view of the standardized Speed Wall
Start position. The climber stands on a pressure plate foot trigger, which is used for detecting false starts.
Hitting a button at the top of the wall stops the timer. The climber is secured by an auto-belay device.