Lebanon’s rock-climbing renaissance

In a small town in northern Lebanon, a community of rock climbers with its own unique philosophy is taking root., Among the terraced olive groves of northern Lebanon, a young man with sharp features and a shaved head ties a rope onto a harness around his hips. Nareg is quiet, pensive, rehearsing in his mind the movements his body is about to grapple with under stress. A couple of local boys from the largely Maronite Christian town of Tannourine watch silently among the spring wildflowers and rocky contours below the,2024-04-06 08:38:00,Read More