CLIMBING IN OMAN

Climbing in Oman is a comprehensive guidebook to sport climbing, multi-pitch routes, deep water soloing (DWS) opportunities, and via ferrata options in the Sultanate of Oman, located in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. Hansjörg Auer has been there, Albert Precht years ago, and Stefan Glowacz recently, mostly underground, with Chris Sharma. Oman is clearly worth a climbing trip. And not just for elite climbers, but also for the average climber. Sport climbing, multi-pitch routes of Alpine caliber, DWS, and bouldering in a different culture and a fascinating landscape – climbing with the flair of One Thousand and One Nights. If you're still not convinced, check out the three climbing videos from Oman on the right. After that, booking your plane ticket will be a mere formality.







Sport climbing, multi pitches, deep water soloing, via ferrata in Oman.

With 120,000 square miles, Oman is the size of Great Britain and Ireland combined. But it has only four million inhabitants. The landscape in the western part is dominated by the desert. But if you're expecting monotonous sand deserts you're wrong. Most parts of the country are dominated by rugged mountain ranges. The Al Hajar Mountains are in the northern part of the country. Jebel Shams is the highest peak at 2,998 meters above sea level. The Dhofar Mountains dominate the southern part of Oman. Jebal Samhan with 1,800 m is the highest peak in this area.

Jakob Oberhauser knows all the great climbing destinations in Oman. Many of them are published for the first time in this book. Here you can find the whole range from long multi pitch routes to single pitch sport climbs and deep water soloing. The book has 180 pages and 141 topo maps. It covers 26 areas and 104 sectors. Brilliant photos tempt the reader to visit this exotic climbing destination on the tip of the Arabian peninsula.