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Two late

Area
Sector
Pitches
FAGrade
Grade
Length
Bolts
Top
Setters
year
St Catherine
Safsafa NE Face
3
V-, 5.7
5b
100
trad
Danny Wolfstein, Alon Parnes, 1984
1984

Approach: The route is located on the SE left (when ascending) side of the first big gully which ascends from wadi Er-Deir (wadi of monastery) about 2/3 of the way up the gully (on the larger left-hand branch). Description: The route follows a diagonal crack/ chimney which starts from the bottom left hand corner of a large pinnacle (~100m wide), above which is a large face. Start right of the crack and straight up into the crack, till below a short off width. Climb this straight up a right onto the face (crux, 5.7) and then follow crack to top of pinnacle. Descent: right back to main gully thru steep minor gully

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