{"id":1007,"date":"2012-12-16T22:21:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T20:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patagonia.fi\/blog\/?page_id=1007"},"modified":"2012-12-16T22:22:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T20:22:22","slug":"wadi-rum-part-3-hammads-route","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.patagonia.fi\/blog\/pictures\/wadi-rum-part-3-hammads-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Wadi Rum part 3: Hammad’s Route"},"content":{"rendered":"

After having failed on loads of technical climbing we turned our heads on the Beduin routes. In my opinion the Beduin routes are the most special thing in Wadi Rum. Every climber should do a couple of these routes during his trip in Wadi Rum.<\/p>\n

I might be biased because of failing on the proper routes but I think the Wadi Rum is not about climbing splitter sandstone. After having climbed the Beauty I though the crack climbing is not that bad but not really special either. At that point I was still more or less in the ascending\u00a0rhythm\u00a0and I hadn’t failed yet. But I felt the rhythm was sorts of out of tune.<\/p>\n

The puzzles didn’t fit together for some reason. The Beauty was a supposed to be a three star route and one of the best routes\u00a0but I figured in Yosemite there are probably more splitters on the Nose alone\u00a0than in all of Wadi Rum combined. The brittle climbing with big jugs and poor pro is also not that bad but it’s way better in the Dolomites. But the overall desert experience in Wadi Rum is something special. And I really think the Beduin routes and the approaches through the ravines are something spectacular which you won’t find anywhere else on this planet.<\/p>\n

Jebel Rum: Hammad’s route (5, AD+) – October 18th, 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

The Beduin routes in Wadi Rum are great adventures with a little bit of climbing in between loads of scrambling. They are the most logical way to the summit though the maze of ravines.<\/p>\n

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