Up until a few years ago nobody had ever even considered Oman
as place that has good rock climbing. Until in early this year (2014) when
North Face team athlete Mark Synnnott lead an expedition to the Musandam
Peninsula with fellow North Face athletes Alex Honnald and Hazel Findlay. A National
Geographic crew lead by photographer Jimmy Chin came along for the trip and
made some beautiful images and video. They did some large wall climbs but they
also did deep water soloing which is a very exciting new branch of rock
climbing. As well as amazing climbing on untouched rock it was a very
interesting cultural experience for the team.
The Geology
It is soluble because of its mineral make up, this makes it
form the sharp, jagged peaks that are found in the Northern most point of Oman,
these peaks that fall directly into the water offer a completely different
climbing experience from the huge granite walls of Yosemite that most of them
are used to.
If you are interested check out this beautiful video
Sources
Photo http://i.ytimg.com/vi/FCWLtyTmX3o/maxresdefault.jpg
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