Farsh Abu Mahshour · Mahshour East face · trad
Cat on a hot tin roof
6a1) Follow the flake for 30m at the top step right into a thin crack follow until 10m below the roof take a belay in a scoop. 2) Traverse boldly but easily right across the slabs into a gully. Follow gully take a belay below a flaky bulge. 3) Turn the bulge and follow the crack above to the top
Approach
Approach from behind camp. Scramble to the shelf follow until below the large overhanging roof. Start at the base of a leftward slanting flake. Nb. This is a good way to reach the torture garden
- Grade
- 6a
- First ascent grade
- HVS 5a, 4b, 4c
- Style
- trad
- Length
- 110 m
- Pitches
- 3
- Bolts
- 0
- First ascent
- Dan Irving, Martin Kocsis, 13 Nov 2005
Topo

1) Follow the flake for 30m at the top step right into a thin crack follow until 10m below the roof take a belay in a scoop. 2) Traverse boldly but easily right across the slabs into a gully. Follow gully take a belay below a flaky bulge. 3) Turn the bulge and follow the crack above to the top
Jebel Abu Mahshour East Face left part
Map1) Follow the flake for 30m at the top step right into a thin crack follow until 10m below the roof take a belay in a scoop. 2) Traverse boldly but easily right across the slabs into a gully. Follow gully take a belay below a flaky bulge. 3) Turn the bulge and follow the crack above to the top
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