Jebel Safsafa · Safsafa NW Face · trad
Elio’s Route
5c A1Climbed the wall on the left (V A1). Climbed the same crack on the right (V+) then up small overhand to a stance on the right (V), up diagonally to the right for two pitches (IV+) to a stance on smooth slabs facing west from here again left for 2 or 3 pitches to the top (IV - IV+)
Approach
Walk up 200m in the gully between 2nd and 3rd Safsafa (walking 1 degree) start at the bottom of a vertical wall left of a characteristic tower Elio's.
- Grade
- 5c A1
- First ascent grade
- V, A1
- Style
- trad
- Length
- 300 m
- Pitches
- 7
- Bolts
- 0
- First ascent
- Elio Scarabelly, Victor Kaftal, Oct 1977
Topo
Climbed the wall on the left (V A1). Climbed the same crack on the right (V+) then up small overhand to a stance on the right (V), up diagonally to the right for two pitches (IV+) to a stance on smooth slabs facing west from here again left for 2 or 3 pitches to the top (IV - IV+)
NW Face
MapClimbed the wall on the left (V A1). Climbed the same crack on the right (V+) then up small overhand to a stance on the right (V), up diagonally to the right for two pitches (IV+) to a stance on smooth slabs facing west from here again left for 2 or 3 pitches to the top (IV - IV+)
Climbed the wall on the left (V A1). Climbed the same crack on the right (V+) then up small overhand to a stance on the right (V), up diagonally to the right for two pitches (IV+) to a stance on smooth slabs facing west from here again left for 2 or 3 pitches to the top (IV - IV+)
Older Topo of NW Face
MapFrom israeli wiki: N19:Scala del Cielo; N8:Geissenpeter; N18:Elio’s Route; N5:Black Dyke; N2:The Skull; N7:Com kal; N6:The Mask; N4:Klostersporn; N14:Via del Papa Giovanni Paolo 1; N20:Saturday Night Fever; N11:Warsaw - Tel Aviv Direct; N16:Via del Papa Oct'87 variation; N12:Non-Stop (Warsaw’s variation); N15:Grand Hand Traverse (Papa's Variation); N3:Arba VaKhetzi; N13:Bonch; N1:NE Ridge of Safsafa; N17:Darkness at Noon; N10:Why not?; N9:Geissenpeter (variation)
Climbed the wall on the left (V A1). Climbed the same crack on the right (V+) then up small overhand to a stance on the right (V), up diagonally to the right for two pitches (IV+) to a stance on smooth slabs facing west from here again left for 2 or 3 pitches to the top (IV - IV+)
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