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For our second climb, Khaled drove us to Rakabat Canyon – the mouth on the far side from the village. Based on the reading of the map in Tony Howard’s book, the approach from that side looked less convoluted if a bit longer. Indeed, we reached the base of the classic Beauty (6 pitch, 6a) with no issues. Very aesthetic and mostly moderate crack climbing on very good sandstone. Exception was a variation face climbing pitch which seemed harder than 6a+ (to avoid some chimney thrashing). The crux off-width high on the route went quickly with a series of lieback moves separated by good rest stances.
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