Climbing Oman

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

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