Skeleton armies of the modern Bedouin

Wadi Abu Tuweita

# on Topo:

Skeleton armies of the modern Bedouin

5

First ascensionists' grade:

VS 4c, 4c, 4b

Max estimated grade:

5b

Length:

70

Pitches:

First Ascent:

3

Alex Barrows, Dave Ripley

Year of FA:

2006

# of bolts en route:

trad

Approach

Route description

NE Face of Jebel Dahab

topo by Dave Lucas

1) Climb the broken corner 10m right of fig jam. Hard move to start. Belay on
broken ledge. 30m
2) Climb the crack systems 5 to 10m right of Fig Jam pitch 2 until you can exit
onto a good ledge on the left. Climb up and left to a large ledge around the
corner. (ie traverse below the slab. 40m
3) Climb the cracks above the belay to exit onto large ledge. 20m

Descent

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