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.
Climbing the Mysterious Granite Rock Ruoth in Abim District of Northeastern Uganda (February 2013) – Beyond Abim we soon found ourselves staring at the incredible piece of rock we had come to climb, an immense granite dome called Ruoth (The Chief). The main face was 500m of smooth, black, undulating granite, not devoid of weaknesses …
Gabriel Gersch supports development Uganda’s Warrior Nomad Trail – Gabriel has a special connection with the wilderness and especially Karamoja. Seven years ago, it’s believed that he was the first modern-day adventurer to walk the full length of Karamojaland in 100 years. He is therefore the perfect person to help develop the long-distance walking trail.
Mr. Bakker and dutch hiking tours organisation Bergwandelen.com are part of the Adventure Tourism Uganda project like Kara-Tunga. They are managing the hiking agenda of the project with a great focus on Karamoja as well.
Motorbike Safari through Uganda’s Karamoja land – The Dutch couple Mandy and Peter travelled a week through Karamoja land and drove their motorbikes through the savannah planes and volcanic ranges. We had the pleasure to guide them through our homeland and gave them a taste of our untouched culture and true African wilderness.
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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