Jebel Batta · Batta NE face · trad
Stolen Mirror - Amnon’s Variation
5bHere is the description of the alleged differences from the logbook. P5: Face climb on R wall (4) to same stance on sloping ledge. P6: Up narrow chimney(5) then turn L and traverse to same stance.
Descent
main descent
- Grade
- 5b
- First ascent grade
- IV+
- Style
- trad
- Length
- 250 m
- Pitches
- 5
- Bolts
- 0
- First ascent
- Amnon Shiloni, Ada Kantorovich, Oct 1987
Topo

Original description: Pitch1: 50m, Start at middle chimney. Few meters of IV+ (good protection), then III with a movies of IV to good stance inside chimney/crack. Pitch2: 40m, up chimney with chockstone (IV-), then easy to stance (3). Pitch3: 50m, scramble a few meters ahead , then turn left and easy walk to base of wall, heading for crack system. Pitch4: 40m, up middle crack (IV-), then left a…
Route pageDifference in the first 3 pitches only, taking a gully further to the right: P1(45m, 4): start immediately below the left corner of the huge boulder, in a shallow recess. Climb directly up the recess, passing a short, awkward section to an obvious ledge on the left. Move 2m left, up 3m to join a large ramp line. Follow this on easy ground to belay. P2(45m, III+): Follow the obvious easy gully dire…
Route pageHere is the description of the alleged differences from the logbook. P5: Face climb on R wall (4) to same stance on sloping ledge. P6: Up narrow chimney(5) then turn L and traverse to same stance.
Variation: A more interesting and intense variation of the second and third pitches. R2. 50m. IV. After the station, go traverse to the left and slightly up into the couloir. A huge wedged stone will crawl to the left or right. Slightly up the couloir. Next are two options. Climb along the inner corner between the slab and large layers of granite. Insurance with large numbers. Or go out of the c…
Route pageThis is the red crack parallel to the "Stolen Mirror", some meters to its right. Good rock. Reach the shoulder of the mountain by the first two pitches of "Stolen mirror", then follow little gully up and right for about 50m. Two short pitches 5.10 and 5.9 include layback passages. Last easy pitch is a scramble to the top. The layback at the left side of a huge "mammoth ear" is preceded by a short…
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MapOriginal description: Pitch1: 50m, Start at middle chimney. Few meters of IV+ (good protection), then III with a movies of IV to good stance inside chimney/crack. Pitch2: 40m, up chimney with chockstone (IV-), then easy to stance (3). Pitch3: 50m, scramble a few meters ahead , then turn left and easy walk to base of wall, heading for crack system. Pitch4: 40m, up middle crack (IV-), then left a…
Route pageDifference in the first 3 pitches only, taking a gully further to the right: P1(45m, 4): start immediately below the left corner of the huge boulder, in a shallow recess. Climb directly up the recess, passing a short, awkward section to an obvious ledge on the left. Move 2m left, up 3m to join a large ramp line. Follow this on easy ground to belay. P2(45m, III+): Follow the obvious easy gully dire…
Route pageHere is the description of the alleged differences from the logbook. P5: Face climb on R wall (4) to same stance on sloping ledge. P6: Up narrow chimney(5) then turn L and traverse to same stance.
Variation: A more interesting and intense variation of the second and third pitches. R2. 50m. IV. After the station, go traverse to the left and slightly up into the couloir. A huge wedged stone will crawl to the left or right. Slightly up the couloir. Next are two options. Climb along the inner corner between the slab and large layers of granite. Insurance with large numbers. Or go out of the c…
Route pageThis is the red crack parallel to the "Stolen Mirror", some meters to its right. Good rock. Reach the shoulder of the mountain by the first two pitches of "Stolen mirror", then follow little gully up and right for about 50m. Two short pitches 5.10 and 5.9 include layback passages. Last easy pitch is a scramble to the top. The layback at the left side of a huge "mammoth ear" is preceded by a short…
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