The summit of Jebel Rum
February 2003
Some
photos of climbing in Wadi Rum
Photos
: Christine Preis
The
summit of Jebel Rum
Christine Preis came to Wadi Rum in the early spring of 2002 with a party of German climbers. Besides tackling a number of the classic routes, they put up an impressive number of short new routes from their camps in Wadi Maghrar and in the Barragh Canyon,as well as a couple of longer one. She has very kindly allowed me to use a number of her beautiful photos, both on this page and in a couple of other places in the website. You can read her account of their stay in Wadi Rum on her home page at http://www.christine-preis.de
One of their suggested routes up Jebel Rum is to take Sabbagh's Route up, sleep on the summit of the mountain, and then abseil down using Hammad's Route into Wadi Shelaali. This is effectively a great trip and is highly recommended by all specialists.
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| Sabbagh's Route up | Hammad's route down |
"The
Beauty" in the Rakebat Canyon
and the
first two pitches
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Exploring the Rakebat and the Mackman Canyons (Jebel Um Ishrin)
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Below you can see the fierce new route 55 Steps to Hell (7b) on Jebel Nasrani (Jebel Um Ishrin)
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Moving away from Rum Village, the group camped in the valley christened "The Climbers' Restaurant" in Wadi Maghrar where they were some distance from the other visitors and where there were some "very interesting" possible climb routes. Their local climbing guides were Defallah Attayak and Attayak Aouda.
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The routes are 1) Happy Birthday, 2) Fuer Geniesser, 3) Fliegender Perse, 4) Atieq's Route, 5) Reflektion, 6) Profitratte 7) Abseilung
Happy Birthday!
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Der Fliegende Perse
The company moved on to the Barragh Canyon, where they established the route Dance on Slings.
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"Dance on Slings" in the Barragh Canyon - a 6c beginning!
And here - Ziegenstall, a series of top rope climbs
All in all, a very successful holiday. The Germans made a great impression in Wadi Rum, not least with their football match against the local school, and people there are hoping they will come again before too long.
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İRuth Caswell 2003