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Towering Inferno

Name: Towering Inferno
Rating: 3.9

5.10+ YDS 6b+ French 21 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 20 ZA E3 5b British

Routes in Jebel Rum

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	Abu Khalifa T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Black Magic T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b PG13
	Eye of Allah T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Flight of Fancy T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Goldfinger T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Hammad's Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Inshallah Factor T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13
	Lionheart T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Muad'Dib T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Pillar of Wisdom T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Rock Empire T 5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c R
	Scarab, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Shai-Hulud T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Towering Inferno T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Troubador T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
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Type:	Trad, 3 pitches
GPS:	29.57765, 35.41084
FA:	W. Colonna, A. Howard, D. Taylor '86
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Shared By:	Dana Hawlish 1 on Mar 7, 2018
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Access Issue: Entrance fee required; you are also supposed to register with the Tourist Police if climbing Details

As of May 2022, the entry fee to Wadi Rum was 5JD/person. The alternative to paying the entrance fee is to buy a Jordan Pass. If you get the Jordan Pass before you arrive in Jordan, your US visa fee ($56 US) is waived and the Jordan Pass allows access to places like Petra, Shobak Castle, etc.

At the Wadi Rum entrance complex is a Tourism Police office. If you are climbing at Wadi Rum, you are supposed to register with the police and give them a photocopy of your passport. Bringing a spare photocopy to give them saves some time, as they don't have a photocopier of their own.

Description

The complete Towering Inferno has been free climbed in the mid 5.12 range as i understand it. However only the first 3 or so pitches are commonly climbed and referred to simply as "Inferno." Inferno has some of the best rock we encountered in the Rum, and the climbing is excellent on all three pitches.

The route climbs a varied crack on the front side of a small pillar on the east face of Jebel Rum. Start on a ledge system below an obvious, vertical crack line that is on the front of a small buttress. To the right of this buttress is another obvious, moderate crack with a chockstone (the start of Troubadour).

P1: Climb up along the crack system to an anchor on the left (5.9+).
P2: Continue up the crack to the top of this pillar (5.10)
P3: Climb up a faint left trending crack system. This last pitch is outstanding.

Two ropes to rappel.