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Snake Gorge is a combination of 2 wadis that join in a Y shape, one top arm is longer than the other. Tony got together with Brian and some people off the www.omanclimbing.com website to go for a trip down the gorge.

It is basically canyoning... except that this gorge has a 60m abseil in it and quite a lot on diving into pools and swimming across pools in order to get down...

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The photo above was taken at the junction of the 2 upper wadis and shows some of the group drying out and having a bit of lunch before the remaining 1 hour of the trip.. The upper section had taken 4 hours to complete and Tony had locked his camera in a Peli Case in someone elses rucksack - since he was carrying the rope...

I hope to get some more photos of the action on here soon, I know other people managed to get some good ones showing the narrow sections, some less than 2 feet wide and narrowing above your head and other showing the massive towering walls on ecah side...

Sme links to peoples pages about the place:

http://home.hetnet.nl/~lilian_jan_schreurs/oman/Snakegorge.htm

http://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/0509/frontier_oman.html

The Local Bus in the mountains!

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On the 35km drive out of the wadi we bumped into these guys and ended uo giving four a lift to the nearest road - they were all heading off to the hospital at Al Rustaq - one can only presume to work or train...

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