The best example of this was going out on an abseil to see if we could clean off an old crag to use with groups. The answer was a ‘hell no’. We found some pretty decent anchors and I started my descent, with every step knocking a little bit more rock down. At around the midway point this turned into boulders bellowing down the side of the crag. This was when I noticed the section of rock that was about to go, as such I gave it a kick and bang…a boulder the size of me headed down the crag. A really spicy area to say the least. Still, we decided to go for a climb on top rope because, why not? A terrible idea. While belaying, my mate absolutely showered me in rock, and that was with me ready for it and belaying a good 8m from the crag. I walked away with a bruised rib, several cuts, and a gash on my arm. 10/10 climbing crag that I would highly recommend if you really don’t like your belayer.
Jed took some time to get back on the wall but managed to get to the end of pitch. Luckily for us, the team of two were also up there and helped sort the ropes and belay us up. To lead us was an absolute mess with five people on an anchor. Luckily, it was a really big ledge.
We continued the climb to the summit and then abseiled back to the wadi floor. Jed’s leg was pretty gashed up, but it wasn’t too bad, and he carried on like trooper. All in all, a pretty eventful day of climbing. I should say that this wasn’t typical of all our climbing experiences in the UAE. We had some pretty epic climbs as well but more on those another time….
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