Today we went climbing outside near the Dead Sea. This was definitely the lowest elevation climb I've ever done! about 1000ft below sea level. Catching my breath was never an issue haha. The wall was about 300 ft tall, made of limestone, and just a bit steeper than one of the flatirons. At the top of the first pitch, as I was belaying Nick, he yelled down to me "look at these homies who are follow us up the climb!" Our friend Hakim is a guide here in Jordan and was with some clients at the bottom of the crag we were climbing at, so I was expecting that Nick was talking about them, but instead I turned around and saw two little bedouin boys who scrambled up the talus on the side of the wall and were traversing across the wall on the same ledge that I was belaying on! It was kinda surreal to be wearing a harness, tied into a bolted anchor, and belaying someone, while these two kids were scrambling barefoot across this ledge. Hakim yelled in arabic and convinced them to turn around and come back, thank god. It was kinda scary to see them turn around and try to slide down on their butts to get down! But don't worry, they made it back home safe and sound just in time for lunch.
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