Meanwhile back in Oman...
All this is what happens when a Samoan, Fijian and a Scandinavian get together and head off in to the mountains of Oman in 35+ degree heat and try our hand at some amateur rock climbing. It was a bright sunny hot day, a bit of the norm here, when we headed out of Muscat to tackle a 3+ hour hike through a long gorge. George the Scandinavian said there will only be a wee bit of rock climbing involved oh and also he had never been to this spot before but had spoken to a guy who had. Well if you know Scandinavians you never know how much they really know about things because they always claim to know everything. This should have had the alarm bells ringing but as we had nothing better to do we thought what the heck why not give it a go. Standing at the top of the 40m "wee bit of a climb drop" my alarm bells were starting to tinkle a bit. After some very careful planning and checking (which is one of the good things about Scandinavians) we started our descent. I have to say at times it was damn scary but also a big adrenaline rush once we were at the bottom and safely in the water. Then it was a 3 hour slog down the gorge with plenty swimming and rock jumping but thank God no more ab-sailing. Next week we are off to Mt Everest yeah right.
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