Routes in Middle East for selected grade

Doğankaya is on the right side of the Babazula

Doğankaya is a magnificent technical route where you often have to use a set of micro hands and feet to ascend the rock.

Noel Baba is in front of the palm tree together with Zehirli Sarmaşık (Trad.). As the tree grows, it makes the routes unclimbable.

Noel Baba is in front of the palm tree together with Zehirli Sarmaşık (Trad.). As the tree grows, it makes the routes unclimbable.

Alaska starts by scrambling up easy climbing on giant holds to a high first bolt. Follow more moderate, technical climbing that will bring you to a steep blank face with an aggressively textured arete. Be prepared to sacrifice some shoe rubber and finger skin to unlock a technical 5-meter sequence before arriving at nice holds beneath the roof. Smile as you clip the anchor because the abrasion is over.

Alaska starts by scrambling up easy climbing on giant holds to a high first bolt. Follow more moderate, technical climbing that will bring you to a steep blank face with an aggressively textured arete. Be prepared to sacrifice some shoe rubber and finger skin to unlock a technical 5-meter sequence before arriving at nice holds beneath the roof. Smile as you clip the anchor because the abrasion is over.

The Doğankaya route is a newly created route among the ancient ones. It is a little bit challenging route and may need a project working.

Shares start with "The space between"

use first bolt to get to the start

Starts above, as a second pitch to Fenice P1 or Il Calabrone e la Capra P1

The North Face of Mashanig

#1 17, 55m Up the bushy chimney stepping right onto a ledge and cruxy slab to belay. #2 15, 35m Wandering. Zig zag between ledgelets following balancy line of least resistance trending left of ominous rooves above. #3. 21, 20m. Up the scrub, right of overhanging squeeze chimney to layback sequence (crux) then left to a semi-hanging belay. #4 15, 30m Traverse left and up to base of overhanging offwidth on R. #5, 18, 20m. Offwidth brings you to base of final headwall riven by steep flaring cracks. #6 13, Traverse left and up gully line above col. #7-12, Up to grade 15. South-facing corner of east ridge to summit. A squeeze chimney, a few tricky mantles and ledge climbing lead to victory.