Approach
Up the Wadi Shrei gorge, before the start of flattening. The beginning of the route should be searched on the left side immediately after the start of flattening. Start along a clear, long, straight couloir - the inner corner. [Misha]
Route description
SW Face old Topo
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From the IAC logbook, edited by Mikhail Khomenyuk
Older Topo of NW Face
From israeli wiki:
N19:Scala del Cielo; N8:Geissenpeter; N18:Elio’s Route; N5:Black Dyke; N2:The Skull; N7:Com kal; N6:The Mask; N4:Klostersporn; N14:Via del Papa Giovanni Paolo 1; N20:Saturday Night Fever; N11:Warsaw - Tel Aviv Direct; N16:Via del Papa Oct'87 variation; N12:Non-Stop (Warsaw’s variation); N15:Grand Hand Traverse (Papa's Variation); N3:Arba VaKhetzi; N13:Bonch; N1:NE Ridge of Safsafa; N17:Darkness at Noon; N10:Why not?; N9:Geissenpeter (variation)
P1. 60m. II, III, IV. Up the inner corner with short keys IV. In the upper half, you can exit the couloir to the left onto simpler talus slabs.
R2. 60m. II, III, IV. Up the couloir - in some places the inner corner with short keys IV. The station is in a couloir extension on a ledge.
P3. 60m. 20m IV, 40m II. From the station up, a little to the right, then along a large inclined ledge, taking it to the left.
P4. 40m II. Up to the left, bypassing the buttress on the left.
P5. 50m III, IV. Up the slabs with a cheese-like relief. The station is in the couloir, at the base of the inner corner.
P6. 60m III, IV, II. The first 25 meters up the inner corner, before leaving the corner, taking it to the left wall. Further, the obvious path to the left up to a large ledge.
P7. 300m II. Gardens to the right to the ridge and further along the ridge to the right to the top. Possibly without insurance.
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Descent
from the top, return to the shoulder with two wooden pillars, and then descend to the north to a wide saddle. From the saddle to the right to the monastery. Bypass the monastery on the right, and further along the paved path towards Mount Moses.[Misha]
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