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Where to go from Qatar?

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 Motown 25 Jan 2013
Moving to Qatar this year and already planning my climbing holidays from there. Any recommendations for Qatar itself (I realise that is minimal) and elsewhere?
In reply to Will Cat: climb in oman
In reply to Will Cat: The UAE probably has a more active climbing fraternity than Oman, with plenty of fairly easily accessible sport, trad, and serious big mountain routes - generally located within 1-2 hours of Dubai. There are also DWS opportunities around the Musandam coast. Trips are regularly organised by UAE based climbers.
Catch up with them here http://www.facebook.com/groups/UAE.Rock.Climbers/
or here http://www.uaeclimbing.com/forum/
There is also a good guidebook to the UAE by Toby Foord Kelcey. www.redarmadapublishing.com
OP Motown 25 Jan 2013
In reply to Lord of Starkness:
> (In reply to Will Cat) The UAE probably has a more active climbing fraternity than Oman, with plenty of fairly easily accessible sport, trad, and serious big mountain routes - generally located within 1-2 hours of Dubai. There are also DWS opportunities around the Musandam coast. Trips are regularly organised by UAE based climbers.
> Catch up with them here http://www.facebook.com/groups/UAE.Rock.Climbers/
> or here http://www.uaeclimbing.com/forum/
> There is also a good guidebook to the UAE by Toby Foord Kelcey. www.redarmadapublishing.com

THanks - DWS looks good. I'm from Torquay, so it's probably pretty similar. BUt with more sharks...
In reply to Will Cat:

I've not done any DWS -- but from what I know of the area virtually all of the Musandam DWS requires boat access. The UAE climbers have to arrange boat trips from Dibba - just over the Omani border, so any visit from Doha would probably involve getting tourist visas for both UAE and Oman.
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