Jebel Safsafa

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Right above the beginning of the village, this mountain is impressive. It's sheer walls drew countless mountaineers to St Catherine over the last decades.

Sector info

There are 2 main routes of access, for the West part of Safsafa approach through Wadi Shrej, starting out from Fox Camp. For the east part of Safsafa approach through Wadi al Dir which hosts the monastery and is currently restricted for climbing by the authorities.

Routes

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Name	No in Topo	Pitches	Grade	Length	Bolts	Setters	year
NE Ridge of Safsafa		7	5c		trad	Terry Taylor, Steve Gault	1976
Why not?		4	6c		trad	Krysztof Pankiewicz, Doron Erel	1987
The Skull	1	14	5b	500	trad	Victor Kaftal, Steve Gault	1976
Azimuth	1.5	8	5c		trad	Dmitry Kuzin, Alexey Antonov, Mikhail Khomenyuk	2013
Arba VaKhetzi	2	10	6a		trad	Yoav Weiss, Gil „Doggy“ Dugon	1992
Klostersporn	2.5	11	5c	300-400	trad	Peter Frei, Gadi Yutty	1978
Black Dyke	2.9	18	5b	700	trad	Victor Kaftal, Bruce Devens	1977
The Mask	3	13	5b	600-700	trad	Tony Zamir, Edna Goury	1977
Easy fast The Mask variation	3				trad	Hanina Kali, Airan Ziss	1988
Com kal	3	14	6a		trad	Hanina Kali, Airan Ziss	1988
Geissenpeter	4	9-10	6c	310	trad	Ruedi Homberger, Armin Rempfler, Fritz Roth, Alex Clapasson	1983
Warsaw - Tel Aviv Direct	4.5	10	7b A0		trad	Krysztof Pankiewicz, Doron Erel	1987
Geissenpeter (variation)	4.5		6c		trad	Yoav Nir, Amnon Shiloni	1987
Non-Stop (Warsaw’s variation)	4.6	10	7b		trad	Yoav Nir, Hanina Kali	1988
Bonch	4.75	8	6c+	300	trad	Hanina Kali, Yoav Nir	1989
Via del Papa Giovanni Paolo 1	5	10	5c+		trad	Daniele Chiappa, Carlo Duchini	1978
Via del Papa Oct'87 variation	5	10	6a		trad	Daniel Peikes, Benjamin Sharabi	1987
Grand Hand Traverse (Papa's Variation)	5.2	10	6c+		trad	Hanina Kali, Airan Ziss	1988
Right to Left	5.8	5	5b		trad	Dimitry Kuzin and Mikhail Khomenyuk	2012
Partizan	5.9	6-7	5b-6a		trad	Mikhail Khomenyuk, Alexander Ershov	2014
Darkness at Noon	6	5	5c	200	trad	Danny Wolfstein, Yaron Bashen	1984
Elio’s Route	6.1	6-7	5c A1	300	trad	Elio Scarabelly, Victor Kaftal	1977
Scala del Cielo	7	13-18	5a		trad	Daniele Chiappa, Andrea Anati	1978
Saturday Night Fever	8	10	5a		trad	Giuseppe Gallizia, Nitzan Kimchi	1984
Egyptian Plagues	9	9	6b		trad	Vladimir Moroz, Mikhail Khomenyuk	2018
The Peg	1	8	6a		trad	Benny Agur, Dima Kharitonsky	1987
Kham Midai	10	7	6c+		trad	Sigal Bergman, Daniel Peikes	1989
Hatchala Meshuleshet	11	6	5b		trad	Rani Calvo, Yoni Pantenovitz	1985
Friday Rush	12	8	5c		trad	Rani Calvo, Andrea Anati	1985
The Route of Tamar	13	7	6a+		trad	Sigal Bergman, Daniel Peikes	1989
Wounded Rock	14	3	5b	120	trad	Hanina Kali, Airan Ziss	1988
Miguel’s Beautiful Sister	15	5	6b	135	trad	Doron Erel, Krysztof Pankiewicz	1987
Beleit Brera	17	4	5c		trad	Yoav Nir, Amnon Shiloni	1987
Monday Rush or Haritz Sheli	18	4	6a	135	trad	Gil Alexandrovitch, Daniel Peikes	1987
Fistuk Halabi	19	5	5b		trad	Amnon Shiloni, Beni Sarabi	1987
Wrong Direction	2	10	5c		trad	Benny Agur, Dima Kharitonsky	1987
Chapa Wapa	20	4	6b A0		trad	Andrea Anati, Alon Newton	1988
HaSroch	21	6	6b A1		trad	Amnon Shiloni, Daniel Peikes	1987
Rosa Marzipan	22	2	6b	90	trad	Yoav Nir, Hanina Kali	1989
Max	23	2	7a	60	trad	Hanina Kali, Yoav Nir	1989
Monastery Chimney	24	5	6b	190	trad	J. Mothersele, S. Amley	1987
Yes (Ken) Route	25	4	5b+	80	trad	Ken Rosebery, Alon Parnes	1984
Two late	26	3	5b	100	trad	Danny Wolfstein, Alon Parnes	1984
Job's Tribulations (Yisurei Eyov)	28	8	7a	360	trad	Yoav Nir, Hanina Kali	1989
The Zigzag Route	29	7	6c		trad	Yoav Nir, Daniel Peikes	1987
In Memory of Benny Agur	3	13	6c		trad	Dima Kharitonsky, Bella Finkel	1992
The Zag (zig-zag variation)	30	7	6a+		trad	Johan Lange, Gaby Manobla	1989
Nordostwand	31	9	6a	300-400	trad	Peter Frei, Gadi Yutty	1978
Savir, Mitporer Bekhalut	32	7	6a+		trad	Daniel Peikes, Danny Wolfstein	1989
The Dark corner	33	4	4b		trad	Andrea Anati, Malka Machlus (probably)	1980s
Direct Start	4	8	6a		trad	Benny Agur, Dima Kharitonsky	1987
Diamond Depression	5	3-4	5b	100	trad	Hanina Kali, Airan Ziss	1988
May Day	6	7	6c+		trad	Daniel Peikes, Danny Wolfstein	1989
Better late than Never	7	2	5a	80	trad	Danny Wolfstein, Nir Yarkoni	1985
Swamige has no watch	8	4	5c	105	trad	Doron Erel, Krysztof Pankiewicz	1987
Hamim VeKarir	9	7	6c+		trad	Daniel (Danny) Peikes, Danny Wolfstein	1989
Forsaken Sinai	1	6	6b A1	240	trad	Hanina Kali, Ilan Shdema	1996
Helenina cesta	2	14	5b		trad	T. Shantavy, M. Novotna	1981
Kombination Mishanya	2.5	7	5a		trad	Mikhail Khomenyuk, Anna Pushkina	2016
Via Praga updated	3	6			trad	Shahar Kadmiel, Joel Ettinger	2004/2005
Via Praga	3	12	6a		trad	J. Kotrei, Z. Lukes	1981
Left Pillar of central depression	4	8	5c		trad	K. Jerhot, K. Kashpar	1981
vincent mille spits dans les dalles	1				trad		1989
Idylle Glacee	2				trad		1989
vipere au point	3				trad		1989
voie Anne	4				trad		1989
fissures hautes	5				trad		1989
Kamikaze Muezin	0		7c		trad	hungarian Team	1990
HaArokh im HaMeara	1	9	6a+	250	trad	Danny Wolfstein, Alon Parnes, Arik Oppenheim, Ken Roseberg, Yaron Bashen	1984
The silk way (Derekh HaMeshi)	2	10	6a	350	trad	Danny Wolfstein, Alon Newton	1985
Shity end of the rope					trad	Yoav Weiss, Gil Dugon