🏜️ Desert calling: all you need to know for climbing in Jordan 🧗🇯🇴
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Try to search "Rock-climbing in Jordan" on Google 🔎...Did you find what you were searching for? Not too many results, right? 🤷🏼
In this newsletter, I will give you all the resources to kick-start the planning of your next climbing trip to Jordan: 🚀
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Rock climbing in Jordan: 🔎 Overview |
Nomadic Bedouins have been scrambling the sandstone peaks of Wadi Rum for centuries. Around 1984, Tony Howard and a group of English climbers arrived and began to develop hundreds of new traditional routes to complement the numerous ‘Bedouin roads'.
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Sabbah Atieq was one of the original guides for Tony Howard’s early explorations. Two of his sons, M’sallam and Sulieman, operate a rustic desert camp and welcome climbers to stay with them in the village. Sulieman will be your host and guide during the Mapo Tapo trip Jordan - The Authentic.
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🚀 There are more than 600 routes in Jordan - 250+ just in Wadi Rum. The rock is prevalently sandstone and the majority of routes are multi-pitch and trad climbing routes, with only a few exceptions that use bolts.
- 82% of all routes a Trad and require your own gear placement.
- 18% of all routes are Sport and are bolted.
✅ Although routes require experience with gear placement and rope management, the climbing is really accessible to all levels. Most of the routes are in the 4th a 5th grade. 👇🏼👇🏼
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🌎 The best areas for climbing in Jordan are: Wadi rum; Ajloun; Madaba; Amman; Tafilah; Irbid; Petra.
📅 If you are planning a visit, the best period is in Autumn. Spring works too. ⚠️ Avoid Summer and Winter.
🔰🇯🇴 PS. If you're wondering about travel safety, Jordan is a fairly Safe country. There is a stable government and they welcome all tourists in the country ensuring their safety. Check your government's travel website to see the latest updates
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Best routes not to miss 🧗♀️ |
✅ Easy/intermediate routes, up to 5 pitches, with short approach:
✅ Intermediate routes, with >5 pitches, and longer approach:
⭐️ Super classic route, not to miss ➡️ The Pillar of Wisdom (6b) is a classic 11-pitch route (400m) not to be missed. All pitches except the last one grade in the range 4 to 5+. The last pitch, the crux, is the only 6b. At last, there is a mind-bending descent that is nearly impossible to on-sight without a hand-drawn map from someone who’s done it before.
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Katie Keeley on one of the final pitches of Lionheart (6b+), one of the most notorious multi-pitch crack climbs in Wadi Rum. © Nelson Klein
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✨ If you'd love to start planning your next adventure in Jordan or elsewhere in the world, we are here for you, just fill the form below and let us know 🥰👇
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