Jebel Catherine (2642m)-Sinai-Egipto
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 12.16 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,242 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 4,278 ft
- Max elevation
- 8,816 ft
- TrailRank
- 37
- Min elevation
- 5,014 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 5 hours 33 minutes
- Time
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3443
- Uploaded
- December 30, 2022
- Recorded
- December 2022
near Saint Catherine, South Sinai (Egypt)
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Ascent to the highest peak in Egypt, in Sinai near Mount Moses and the Monastery of Santa Catalina. It is necessary to hire a Bedouin guide for the journey, and we went up and down the same path despite our insistence on making a circular, since the path through the other valley is supposed to be closed by the police. You are not supposed to climb this mountain either but if you insist on the Bedouin it can be done. Bedouin who by the way runs more than Kilian Jornet, what a way of walking, impossible to catch up with.
The views from the top are beautiful, the amount of mountains around is impressive.
Simple climb by path (he did it in running shoes since he did not have others) but you are quickly gaining height zigzagging. The biggest problem, the speed of the Bedouin. Granite mount formations are beautiful.
Highly recommended if you are in the Sinai peninsula, we did it from Sharm El Sheikh, it takes 3 hours and you have to rent a taxi/private car. We contacted the Bedouin through another Bedouin from the white desert
The views from the top are beautiful, the amount of mountains around is impressive.
Simple climb by path (he did it in running shoes since he did not have others) but you are quickly gaining height zigzagging. The biggest problem, the speed of the Bedouin. Granite mount formations are beautiful.
Highly recommended if you are in the Sinai peninsula, we did it from Sharm El Sheikh, it takes 3 hours and you have to rent a taxi/private car. We contacted the Bedouin through another Bedouin from the white desert
Waypoints
Waypoint
5,298 ft
Fountain
Mountain pass
Summit
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Could you please share the Hiking guide contact number?
Thanks.
Same guide as mine!!