A guide to treks & climbs in Wadi Rum Jordan one of the world's leading desert climbing & trekking areas. Wadi Rum is tucked away in the south of Jordan close to the Red Sea port of Aqaba remote & splendid in both landscape & culture yet only a five-hour flight & a short onward journey from Europe. The first edition of this guide published in 1987 contained about 140 routes. Since then the number of climbs has doubled. Here are detailed descriptions & topos of all the known routes to date from short walks camel treks & 4WD journeys through to sports climbs & major ?big walls' of the highest technical difficulty. in addition the author Tony Howard provides information on sites of antiquity flora & fauna & life with the Bedouin. It is their roguish humour & warm hospitality as much as the magnificence of these deserts & mountains that make a visit to Rum a unique experience. This book tells you everything you need to know.