People of Red Sea Rock

Gomaa

Gomaa is in Wadi Gnai almost every day during the winter season.

Our go-to bouldering guide he knows all the most exciting bouldering problems in Wadi Gnai and often has a trick or 2 up his sleeve to tackle them.

He is also a passionate sports climber and is currently doing his instructor course with Wolfgang.

Timo Elony

An engineer by trade Timo spends the winter half of the year in Sinai since 2017.

He built the climbing gym Ascent in Cairo in 2020, bolted more than 50 routes, opened or helped open 2 new climbing areas Wadi Shellal and Wadi Hamam and recently published the climbing guidebook for Egypt together with Wolfgang.

For the past 4 years he has been the rope safety consultant for NatGeo UK for filming archaeological excavations all over Egypt.

Mikhail Khomenyuk

A local legend in the mountains of Sinai and Kirgistan, called "Abu Khatr" by the local Bedouin, Misha is hands down the most experienced mountain guide living in the region.

We choose him for our most challenging and advanced endeavours.

Abdalla Eid Jabali

Abdalla is our desert man, the driver that gets you there, the Bedouin guide that gets you back safely.

From the local Muzeina tribe and born in Dahab he loves bouldering and showing travelling climbers the bouldering area as well as taking experienced climbers out to Camel Canyon and the other spots.

He’s currently training to become a sports climbing instructor as well.

Mario Emad

Mario is an instructor from Cairo and has many years of experience in working in Sinai guiding hiking trips and more recently also offering climbing courses.

With a passion for bringing new climbers on the wall and a safety-first approach he loves to spend time especially at Wadi Shellal.

Wolfgang Vogl

A rock climbing pioneer and true inspiration for us, he has been a driving force since the very beginnings of rock climbing in the region.

Wolfgang has opened many climbing areas, most notably the Känzele with over 400 routes one of the biggest in northern Austria.

As a carpenter he built many climbing and bouldering gyms both in the Middle East and in Europe facilitating the huge growth the sports has seen in recent years.

Together with Timo he published the first climbing guidebook for Egypt in 2024.

Rabia Barakat

Also known as Sheikh Rabia, of the local Bedouin tribe Aleqat near Ras Sudr, he is the owner of Beit Barakat, a beautiful Camp near Serabit el Khadim. With stunning scenery and the only pharaonic temple in Sinai at his doorstep and within his tribe's land, he followed his calling to guide his Guests in this remote lanscape together with his family.

He was the driving force behind opening the Wadi Shellal Climbing Area and has welcomed Wolfgang and Timo there warmly and facilitated everything from 4x4s to making the area accessible.

Farah Barakat

The son of Rabia Barakat, Farah is our trusted Landcruiser driver and guide deep in the desert. Always a joke on his lips or rhyming traditional Bedouin songs with lyrics of how he lost his iPhone, he's good fun to have around the campfire -of course together with his impeccable Bedouin cooking skills.