Socotra island - anyone been?

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healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Topic Author's Original Post - May 24, 2018 - 01:04pm PT
Looks interesting...
Brian in SLC

Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
May 24, 2018 - 01:07pm PT
Local climber and explorer Mike Libecki has been a couple of times methinks...

http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201212561/Socotra-Island-Various-Ascents

http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12201020500

Some friends checked into it...decided was too risky for them.

I see also local folk JT and the BAG have been as well...(of course they have...)...

http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201212560/Socotra-Island-Various-Ascents
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
May 24, 2018 - 01:37pm PT
Wouldn’t want to be there now! 19 missing after hurricane!
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Topic Author's Reply - May 24, 2018 - 02:00pm PT
Thanks for the links. Yeah, sounds like they got hit pretty hard.

Mike relates doing the one tower only to find a man-made, lichen-covered stack of rocks at the summit after doing a 5.10 FA of it. Must have been quite the day for someone long ago.
fgw

climber
portland, or
May 24, 2018 - 02:42pm PT
One more here:

https://caugustelliott.com/2014/12/26/soqotra-mountains-myths-and-heroes/

For "a while" you could apparently bypass the war torn mainland & fly there directly from Dubai. Local guide has a FB page as well. Absolutely out of this world scenery.
stevep

Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
May 24, 2018 - 02:43pm PT
Didn't Sharma and that crew do some deep water soloing there?
fgw

climber
portland, or
May 24, 2018 - 02:46pm PT
guessing it was probably in Oman
clifff

Mountain climber
golden, rollin hills of California
May 24, 2018 - 05:39pm PT
Dragon Blood Trees

Great Pictures:

https://www.google.com/search?q=socotra+island+plants&client=firefox-b-1&sa=X&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwi2kMGbzp_bAhUKP6wKHTj7CLsQsAQIQw&biw=1600&bih=837#imgrc=O6rpwnuYiWshmM:

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&biw=1600&bih=837&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=d1kHW9GpB8O8sQXf-7aYCg&q=socotra+island+climb&oq=socotra+island+climb&gs_l=img.3...484895.489868.0.491742.11.9.0.2.2.0.125.1008.0j9.9.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.10.918...0j0i67k1j0i8i30k1j0i5i30k1j0i24k1.0.Cz3W-ajS7Z8#imgrc=Hhj-eH8aiDgWQM:

Bottle Trees (or Desert Rose)

Nice pic of rock in the Haghier Mountains:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_sudeten/8280052453
Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
May 24, 2018 - 06:45pm PT
Whoa, wild plant life.

Closest I've been is Masirah Island.
Not too much climbing there.
But the SW fly fishing was killer!

Had most of the island to ourselves.
Except for the (not so) secret military base.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
May 25, 2018 - 08:48am PT
5 dead, 40 missing now.
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