Granite Rock ‘Ruoth’ in Abim offers Uganda’s best Climbing – The Ruth rock nicknamed ‘Chief’, is called one of Uganda’s most impressive rock features with some of the best climbing found in Uganda. Though climbed by only a few frontiers with the first found record in 1957.
Yosemite-esque scale
What looked like a few hundred metres just kept going and going, and it became apparent that the scale of this thing was HUGE. When we finally made it to the edge of the jungle, a blank, terrifying, ever-steepening slab of black granite reared up into the sky in front of us taking on a Yosemite-esque scale. We estimated the the vertical height of the face must be 400m at least, the actual route length likely much more. And there was a crack system, for a couple of pitches at least! I was excited, but a little apprehensive; we had found what we come to look for, but was it too much?
Amyel-route
Amyel-route, has several (5 or 6) ascents and is therefore something of a classic by Ugandan standards. Amyel is an easy, 6 (ish) pitch route up a beautiful tower on mostly excellent rock. There is only one route on the wall and the potential is incredible. The local kids took us to the base and told us about how they used to use the route to hide from the LRA, hearing these kind of stories from people is always a humbling experience. The route was probably the best quality I have ever done in Uganda and went perfectly smooth apart from being terrorised by marabou storks birds.
Exploring Lake Turkana for the Warrior Nomad Trail – Dutch Photographer Jesse Simonis and Kara-Tunga travelled to the west of Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya to explore possibilities of including worlds largest desert lake on the Warrior Nomad Trail map.
There are many things people don’t know about Paul Sherwen. Many in the cycling world don’t know about his life in Africa and his work with Bicycles for Humanity, the Ugandan Karamoja area and animal conservation. Most people in Africa have no idea of his status in Europe, America and Australia.
Bikepacking from Karamoja via Turkana to Ethiopia – Occasionally we meet people with courage and passion who took the opportunity to travel the world by bicycle like our friend Davide Travelli.
The potential of tourism in Uganda is enormous. The ‘Pearl of Africa’ is famous for its gorilla’s and chimpanzees, but has much more to offer. The active tourist can go hiking, mountaineering and mountain biking. The cultural tourist will be amazed by the numerous local traditions, customs, arts & crafts.
Granite Rock ‘Ruoth’ in Abim offers Uganda’s best Climbing
Granite Rock ‘Ruoth’ in Abim offers Uganda’s best Climbing – The Ruth rock nicknamed ‘Chief’, is called one of Uganda’s most impressive rock features with some of the best climbing found in Uganda. Though climbed by only a few frontiers with the first found record in 1957.
Yosemite-esque scale
What looked like a few hundred metres just kept going and going, and it became apparent that the scale of this thing was HUGE. When we finally made it to the edge of the jungle, a blank, terrifying, ever-steepening slab of black granite reared up into the sky in front of us taking on a Yosemite-esque scale. We estimated the the vertical height of the face must be 400m at least, the actual route length likely much more. And there was a crack system, for a couple of pitches at least! I was excited, but a little apprehensive; we had found what we come to look for, but was it too much?
Amyel-route
Amyel-route, has several (5 or 6) ascents and is therefore something of a classic by Ugandan standards. Amyel is an easy, 6 (ish) pitch route up a beautiful tower on mostly excellent rock. There is only one route on the wall and the potential is incredible. The local kids took us to the base and told us about how they used to use the route to hide from the LRA, hearing these kind of stories from people is always a humbling experience. The route was probably the best quality I have ever done in Uganda and went perfectly smooth apart from being terrorised by marabou storks birds.
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