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A BBC Radio 4 feature recently focussed on Palestine's first indoor climbing wall - Wadi Climbing - in Ramallah. The Palestinian occupied territories boast a landscape well-suited to adventure and exploration, yet its situation as a zone of continuing conflict would appear to render this association incongruous.

Moving to the area in 2013 after studying in Jordan, US climbers and students Timothy Bruns and Will Harris recognised the limited opportunities for local people to exploit the region's nature. Timothy and Will used their knowledge as climbing instructors and began scoping out the area as a potential location for a climbing wall. I asked Timothy a bit about their highly successful project...

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BBC Radio 4: From Our Own Correspondent - link here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07jqrgl
Starts at 17:08

Steve

In reply to Steve Clegg:

Thanks - I assumed it would have expired already! Looks like it might be up for just a few more days.

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In Area C, which is equally open to Palestinians and Israelis and very close to Ramallah, is an excellent area called Wadi Kelt. It is not, by the way, illegal. It is in a national park, which by mutual agreement at Oslo was to be administered by Israel.