UKC

Endless new bouldering problems in Ethiopia, North and South

New Topic
This topic has been archived, and won't accept reply postings.
 angels 26 May 2014
We have just come back from a climbing expedition to Northern Ethiopia, and one of our expedition aims was to raise the awareness amongst the climbing community of the huge rock climbing and bouldering potential in Ethiopia. By raising awareness, we hope adventure rock climbing tourism will increase in Ethiopia, and increasing sustainable tourism in Ethiopia, which helps local communities for life.

One of the ways we hope to do this is by getting as many people as possible to "like" and "Share" our page. Please take a minute to do this by following the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/ethiopiarocks2014

Often when people think of Ethiopia, they think of Band Aid but the reality is that there are plenty of great reasons to visit the country, with rock climbing being just one.

There have been a number of bouldering expeditions to Ethiopia in recent years, with:
- Belgium Tigray Rock Climbing Team at Waseya Cracks boulders in 2004,
https://perswww.kuleuven.be/~u0019879/trc/TOPO/WaseyaTopo2004.pdf
- Mark Richey, Mark Wilford and Teresa at Adwa, Axum, Hawzien in 2007+8,
http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200829000/Africa-Ethi...
- Carl Granlund in 2013,
youtube.com/watch?v=mbI0rMHbWIs&
http://27crags.com/crags/balemountains-rafu
http://carlgranlund.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/ethiopia.html
- TiBen Thollin in 2014 in Bale Mountains,
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152319634663390&set=pcb.10152...
- Ethiopia Rocks 2014 in Yeha, Adwa, Hawzien,
This is not an exhaustive list, just a taster!

There are a lot of un-explored and un climbed boulders still to go at in Ethiopia, and it is well worth a trip. There are also an increasing number of problems that have already been put up, should you want to do some second ascents while on expedition instead.
Ethiopia has a massive variety of rock types and venues, with a massive variety of grades. It is also a great country to combine some culture with some climbing/bouldering.

If you want to find out more, have a look at our facebook page for photos of our Ethiopian expedition. We will soon be adding a (basic and free) Ethiopian climbing and bouldering guide for people to download too, join now and facebook should alert you when it's ready!

https://www.facebook.com/ethiopiarocks2014

New Topic
This topic has been archived, and won't accept reply postings.
Loading Notifications...