Guidebooks & Links
You will find a route book in the Rest House for climbers to comment on existing routes and to report new ones.
Tony Howard’s Treks and Climbs in Wadi Rum, Cicerone Press, is the standard guide to this area; 4th edition 2003.
The Rough Guide to Jordan is at the moment unquestionably the best general guide book to Jordan and includes a great section on Wadi Rum. This section was in fact written by our old friends - guess who? Yes, indeed, Tony Howard and Di Taylor! Congratulations to Matthew Teller of Rough Guides for recruiting them!
Some websites dealing with climbing in Wadi Rum which provide good general information
A particularly good one which went online in December 2004 is by Gilles Rappeneau (an expert climber who has been visiting Wadi Rum for many years) where you can find excellent topos of the "bedouin roads" in Wadi Rum and much other useful and interesting information about the area. It is in French, I admit, but besides the detailed descriptions of the routes, there is always a sketch plan and a satellite photo indicating the way to follow. Gilles must have spent hours on this extraordinary site, and it is a precious source of knowledge for visitors to Rum who hope to explore the "bedouin roads" as well as climbing the big cliffs.
Besides Walter Neser's site "The Wadi Rum Rock Page" have a look at Camp to Camp.com (meant for the specialist, this includes a report of climbing "Al Jihad (La Guerre Sainte)" - see above - and detailed topos of several climbs mentioned here). Another great site with photos and info is Christine Pries' website (this one is highly recommended!) and the latest one in French wadirum.free.fr and CAS-Neuchâtel.
Another interesting and more chatty site is: Wadi Rum Forum
You can see some great photos by John Goodman at mountainzone
Not forgetting our friends - and friends of Wadi Rum - at Tony Howard and Wilfried Colonna
 | (Book) Authors:Tony Howard Manufacturer:Cicerone Press Released:May, 1997 |
 | (Book) Authors:Matthew Teller Manufacturer:Rough Guides Released:26 January, 2006 |
Some websites dealing with climbing in Wadi Rum which provide good general information
A particularly good one which went online in December 2004 is by Gilles Rappeneau (an expert climber who has been visiting Wadi Rum for many years) where you can find excellent topos of the "bedouin roads" in Wadi Rum and much other useful and interesting information about the area. It is in French, I admit, but besides the detailed descriptions of the routes, there is always a sketch plan and a satellite photo indicating the way to follow. Gilles must have spent hours on this extraordinary site, and it is a precious source of knowledge for visitors to Rum who hope to explore the "bedouin roads" as well as climbing the big cliffs.
Besides Walter Neser's site "The Wadi Rum Rock Page" have a look at Camp to Camp.com (meant for the specialist, this includes a report of climbing "Al Jihad (La Guerre Sainte)" - see above - and detailed topos of several climbs mentioned here). Another great site with photos and info is Christine Pries' website (this one is highly recommended!) and the latest one in French wadirum.free.fr and CAS-Neuchâtel.
Another interesting and more chatty site is: Wadi Rum Forum
You can see some great photos by John Goodman at mountainzone
Not forgetting our friends - and friends of Wadi Rum - at Tony Howard and Wilfried Colonna