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Summary
Climbs 19 (5a to 7b)
Rock Type Limestone
Altitude 1550m a.s.l
Distance from Beirut 54 KM ; 1h
Season to climb: Spring, Autumn & Winter
Description
This limestone cliff offers a wide variety of climbs for intermediate level, and enjoyable sceneries. It is developed by the LCA in collaboration with local and foreign climbers who already bolted 19 routes: Pascale Matera, Nay Mezannar, Michel Matera, Mansour Dib and Edgard Kazzi.
Being a South-West facing cliff, the sun shines starting 12 pm in Summer. So you can come early in the morning and climb for a few hours. Spring and Autumn are the best seasons even in the sun. A 70m rope is required, and helmet is a must; the crag is still new, some rocks are falling off.
Approach
From Beirut, take the highway to the North. After the tunnel in Nahr El Kalb, take the second right going up to Ajaltoun. Follow the road until a roundabout in the village of Faraya, where you will see a few small shops selling manakouche on the right side. Take the narrow road on the left, going up. Stay on this road until you see a sign indicating Chabrouh/Rikkyz/Auberge Le Valais/Monastery of Resurrection going to the right. Keep on driving there and then turn left at the Monastery of Resurrection, follow the road until you see the antenna. You can park your car there, make sure to leave space for the people living there.
On foot, take the off road downwards, a then follow a small path going left of the antenna for a couple of minutes. We set up two arrows that you can follow.
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Author(s): Jad El Khoury and George Emil
Date: 2022
ISBN: 9789953054384
This is a comprehensive guidebook describing the sport climbing found in Lebanon, including the World-class area of Tannourine El Tahta, covering 480 sports climbs from F4’s to F8a.
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