Via Ferrata: Via Ferrata means iron path in Italian. Via Ferrata first came into existence in the Alps region to create safe paths for soldiers to cross vertical walls. These climbing routes are protected by steel cables, steel steps, and anchors. The concept of these steel cables is [...]
Canyoning: It is an outdoor sport that includes multiple activities such as walking, climbing rocks, swimming, abseiling and jumping in the water from ledges. In most canyons, a canyoneer enters from one end of the canyon and exists from the other. This is due to the nature of [...]
Rock Climbing: Rock climbing is an activity in which a person climbs up, down or traverses a vertical platform. There are several types of rock climbing: Gym climbing Sports climbing Traditional climbing Bouldering Deep Water Soloing (DWS) Free Soloing Top rope climbing Ice climbing Via Ferrata I do [...]
Caving: Caving (also known as Speleo) is the activity of exploring caves. However, the majority of caves don’t have a flat terrain you can easily walk on. They often require crawling, swimming, climbing, diving and abseiling to avoid or navigate through obstacles such as big boulders, lakes, and [...]
Trekking: People often confuse trekking with hiking. Although similar, trekking always involves walking in nature through difficult terrain for several days. Along the trek's path, you usually find villages and guest houses that you can rely on for shelter, food and water. Often, trekking represents the commercial aspect [...]
Hiking: Hiking denotes a different activity in different places. For example, in North America, it refers to walking long distances on marked paths in nature. In other regions, such as the Middle East, it suggests going on a hike of any duration. Usually lasting for a full day, [...]
Caves: Caves are hollow spaces in the ground formed naturally by the process of weathering of rock over time (sometimes millions of years). These underground hollow spaces change in formation (speleothems) from a place to another based on the geology of the area. Some caves are horizontal while [...]
Caves of Oman, Arch cave, 3 Windows & 7th hole 7th hole, Arch cave, 3 Windows cave, Funnel cave and Tahri cave form the largest cave system in Oman. The cave system is located on Slamah Plateau, south of Muscat. Joanna and I ventured into exploring Arch cave [...]
