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Photos
![St. Catherine](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3387-1024x768.jpg)
Our ride to the first climb of the trip the following morning (Dec. 2020).
![St. Catherine](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3394-1024x768.jpg)
By-passing a police checkpoint by heading out into the desert a little early (Dec. 2020).
![St. Catherine](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3392-1024x768.jpg)
Social distancing Sinai style (there’s another guy behind me – our Bedouin “guide”). We all held our breaths for the entire 15 minute ride out to the desert. Click photo for a video (Dec. 2020).
![St. Catherine](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3398-1024x768.jpg)
Into the desert (Dec. 2020).
![St. Catherine](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3414-1024x768.jpg)
Jebel Batta in the background (Dec. 2020).
![St. Catherine](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3417-768x1024.jpg)
On the short approach to the climb (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3419-1024x768.jpg)
Our route, Stolen Mirror, starts up the smaller chimney/gulley system on the right (Dec. 2020).
![Egypt](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_7810-768x1024.jpg)
Cool photo by Marina even if we look like some Mormon rock band cover (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4103-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up pitch 1 of Stolen Mirror (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3430-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley topping out on pitch 1 (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4105-768x1024.jpg)
Pitch 2 of Stolen Mirror (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/egypt00-1024x707.jpg)
Views from the second belay (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3443-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley on pitch 2 (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4106-768x1024.jpg)
Leading pitch 3 (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4113-768x1024.jpg)
More pitch 3 of Stolen Mirror (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4122-768x1024.jpg)
Leading pitch 4 – probably the best pitch of the route (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3452-1024x768.jpg)
Views from high on the route (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4126-1024x768.jpg)
Higher on pitch 4 (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3454-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley on – I think – pitch 4 of Stolen Mirror (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3470-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley topping out on pitch 4 (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4143-1024x768.jpg)
Jebel Safsafa from Stolen Mirror on Jebel Batta (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4130-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up pitch 5 of Stolen Mirror. Look at that pretty colored granite (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3480-768x1024.jpg)
Looking back at Shirley from the lead of pitch 6 (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3497-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley on pitch 6 of Stolen Mirror (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3522-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley arriving on the summit (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3533-1024x768.jpg)
A wider-angle view (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3545-1024x768.jpg)
Views of the village in the valley below (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3543-1024x768.jpg)
Kids playing on the astroturf field down in the valley (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4148-1024x768.jpg)
Waiting for Misha and Marina on the summit (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4154-768x1024.jpg)
There they are – arriving on the summit (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4168-1024x768.jpg)
Some very odd granite and Jebel Safsafa in the background (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4159-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley and Misha hiking up to the true summit of Batta (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4162-1024x768.jpg)
Posing on the summit block (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4174-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley and Marina hiking off (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4184-768x1024.jpg)
On the scenic hike down back to St. Catherine with our required Bedouin guide in the lead (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4191-1024x768.jpg)
Sheep and a palm tree on the hike down (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4194-1024x768.jpg)
Settlements in the valley below (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4197-1024x768.jpg)
Including a cave dwelling – one of countless we saw (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4202-1024x768.jpg)
Views during the hike out (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4210-1024x768.jpg)
Almost back in the village (Dec. 2020).
![Stolen Mirror](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_4218-1024x768.jpg)
Another short cab ride (Dec. 2020).
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Go back to Egypt.