Chasing shade in Wadi Rum, we climb Cat Fish Corner: a wide opening crack that makes us think, then thirty metres of corner climbing that make us grin.
Today we’re flitting from one climb to another! The aim is to stay in the shade. The sun isn’t unbearably hot, but your feet soon start to melt inside your climbing shoes! We start the morning on Cat Fish Corner, a classic dihedral tucked away near Rahkabat Canyon, by The Beauty. Allow anything from half an hour to an hour and a half for the walk-in, depending on how well you know the area!
The first pitch is the most surprising, even if it isn’t the hardest on paper. You never quite know which technique to use or which bit of yourself to wedge into the crack! Standing at the bottom, I start seriously wondering why I haven’t got a No. 6 Camalot hanging off my backside. The first few metres look wide. Luckily, smaller cracks alongside take good gear.
As on the rest of the trip, we’ve left the No. 4 and No. 5 Camalots behind. A No. 4 for that first pitch might not be such a heresy after all.
The second pitch is a little classic: 30 metres of lovely, even corner crack. You can forget the No. 4 and the rest of the heavy artillery here! Small and medium Camalots and wires are just the job.
The last pitch is a notch down in beauty and difficulty, and still well worth doing!
That’s the morning nicely filled. This afternoon we’re off to the east face of Jebel Rum to stay in the shade.
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