Farsh Abu Mahshour · Mahshour East face · trad
Up the backside of the Nun
5b1) VS 4c. 55m. Step up into easy crack to widening chimney. Climb past this up the seam to its right to the top of the Pillar. Climb up and right across the slab to crack. Climb up and exit over bulge to a shallow gully that leads to slanting ledge. 2) VS 4c, 25m. Climb up corner to top of the Nun. Nb. The descent of the top is one 60m abseil down right to gully.
Descent
The tat of the top will need replacing and is not perfect and consider leaving gear
- Grade
- 5b
- First ascent grade
- VS 4c, 4c
- Style
- trad
- Length
- 80 m
- Pitches
- 2
- Bolts
- 0
- First ascent
- David Barlow, Dave Lucas, 10 Dec 2007
Topo
1) VS 4c. 55m. Step up into easy crack to widening chimney. Climb past this up the seam to its right to the top of the Pillar. Climb up and right across the slab to crack. Climb up and exit over bulge to a shallow gully that leads to slanting ledge. 2) VS 4c, 25m. Climb up corner to top of the Nun. Nb. The descent of the top is one 60m abseil down right to gully.
Jebel Abu Mahshour East Face (Nun's Flake)
Map1) VS 4c. 55m. Step up into easy crack to widening chimney. Climb past this up the seam to its right to the top of the Pillar. Climb up and right across the slab to crack. Climb up and exit over bulge to a shallow gully that leads to slanting ledge. 2) VS 4c, 25m. Climb up corner to top of the Nun. Nb. The descent of the top is one 60m abseil down right to gully.
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