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
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