Amshit sector today:

It is really amazing to see the Amchit crag today with 26 sport routes! This diversity of the climbs has made it one of the best crags in the country: from overhanging walls to steep vertical angle and slab climbs. From tufa climbing to crimps, pockets and slopers.

So far there are around 10 routes from 7a to 7c giving the chance for climbers who wants to push them self through the 7th grade to try many styles.

Jad and Steeve 

Jad, Steve, Tony and I started bolting the Dread rock cave crag around 3 years ago. After the climbing season in Harissa tannourine had ended and the snow had fallen, our chances for climbing in the mountainous areas of Lebanon were almost zero, so this was the best solution and the source of motivation to create this new crag. 

Amshit 2010 . Jad and Steeve

Amshit 2012 . Jad,Tony and me.

 Bolting ‘Dead Snake’ the first route in the crag was crazy at that time! We didn’t have any cordless drill, so we decided to carry down a small generator and a normal drill so we can put up the routes. After the success and the fun time we had on the snake, we used the same technique to open 2 more routes (bwesos rodeos and shekko).

    

Bolting bwesos rodeos/Amshit

Snake upper part.

 Time passed and new routes were established and climbed with the support of many friends that helped us to get Amchit as it is today. Two years ago Will Nazarian, Katy Anderson and Jean-Marie Boimond joined us adding more routes with different styles to our beautiful crag.

In this end I would like to thank everyone who has helped us getting Amchit as it is today by donating, bolting and climbing in this superb place. A special thanks goes to Rock Climbing Lebanon who established the crag, R-A-D and other climbers who helped in donating bolts and effort for adding more routes.

Topo of all the routes in amshit sector till today , they will be constantly updated as we add more routes.

Dread rock cave.

Right dread rock.

Left dread rock.

Why a blog is better than a website:

If i spend a lot of time on my website, it means that iam not climbing that much. Instead a blog is a good time killer when resting after climbing. So I found that it’s a good way to share my climbing news and projects as well as accomplishment with a lot of people who share the same passion as mine.

                                                                                               Chawarma  (Tanourin Tahta)

This winter season has been abnormally dry in Lebanon, nevertheless we have been taking the advantage of sunny weather to climb, develop and send climbing projects.

 My hardest route in Amchit crag :

Amchit has been for the past few years the best winter climbing crag in Lebanon with international standards. It has around 25 routes from different levels with a rock quality unmatched on the coast.

Of all the routes established in Amchit ,“baajbek” F7c is the hardest  redpointed sport climbing pitch in the crag at the moment.


   

As soon as I bolted it a year ago, I was instantly hooked and motivated to start working on it .

The route seemed to be one of my hardest projects in the crag as it took me around 15 tries before redpointing it a month ago, which in return deserves the grade of f7c or 5.12d!

Baajbek is a 28m strength endurance route combining steepness, overhang and a bit of slab which makes it appealing for strong climbers.

                                                                                                                           

 Sport Climbing Development:

All year round new routes are being added to Lebanon’s potential, and this development builds up multiple high points for the climbing in Lebanon:

·        - Pushing the limits of the Lebanese climbers by creating more diversity in the climbing routes and crags.

·       -  Putting Lebanon on the international map of rock climbing by uncovering world class standards crags.

·        - Highlighting the advantages of all-year round climbing opportunities in the country.

·        - Showing the positive image of Lebanon which motivates more people to visit and practice rock climbing.

·        - Boosting local communities and eco-tourism in the country.

This first blog post is the start of a new initiative to share my passion for rock climbing, and motivate more people to try climbing as well as pushing my entourage of climbing friends to push their limits and enjoy the climbing as much as I do.

I invite all climbers, in Lebanon and the world to follow me as I write more posts frequently in the future to introduce my climbing masterpieces, to share my climbing accomplishments as well as my climbing movie productions.