Holey Moses | E7 Trad climb at Jebel Safsafa

250m, E6/7 6b, on the northwest face of Jebel Safsafa (Willow Mountain), Sinai, Egypt.

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Ascents

1 successful ascent recorded.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
First ascent. With Anne Arran.

The hardest route in Egypt at the time.

Anne Arran:

The first steep pitch ended with a beehive-like pillar of crumbly rock perched between me and the belay. It had the consistency of petrified mud, staying in place purely by virtue of its flat base. John saw me eyeing both it and the belay nervously, and reassuringly explained that the rock was better than it looks! Sure enough, a fist-width under the surface the rock seemed much more reliable, and the belay actually looked like it might hold us.

References

[1] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200334200/Africa-Egypt-Sinai-Jebel-Safsafa-Willow-Mountain-Holey-Moses