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