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AG’s first route was named for the stalks of grain trampled to get to the base of the wall.

1. well protected sport climbing up a steep start, then moves right onto a pillar of grippy basalt.

2. step off the pillar, which stands separated from the wall, back to the wall and then up a slab to the top. Carry some gear for P2 if your not into longish, empty spaces. P2’s crux has bolts

Ethiopia’s hardest sport climb has a long sustained crux with moves that most of us only see in the movies. Says Elad Omer, Addis Ababa resident pro climber: “you must be in Zohan shape” to mess with the Zohan.

Bavarian Bernde’s masterpiece. Bouldery start, powerful first crux and a techy, small crimper top. The man had to quit smoking just to redpoint this one.

Get your friends climbing on this easy stroll up a small slabby pillar. Already has everyone hissing “eshi eshi”. Can be extended with a second pitch, then belay at the second anchor.

Elad’s first contribution to the wall starts just below the graffiti. Before setting off, try asking yourself if you’d rather climb a Girogis or drink a Giorgis.

Fun climbing goes up the middle and then right side of the middle pillar. Tiptoe out an exposed arete at the top and go for the crux. Name means something like ‘jumping jesus on a pogostick’ in local parlance. Throw a piece of pro in a big horizontal crack for the nerves.

A must-do. Simply incredible line with aesthetic and athletic! This is AG’s most iconic line and wasn’t bolted until the end of 2015. Use 70m rope, but can be done on 60m if belayer stands on the first ledge. Anbessa is lion: hear the roar.

Use your balance to get through the start and pull jugs over the roof and up onto a large flake to the anchor. Classic 5.11 at AG and the easiest climb on Giorgis wall.

Sustained 5.11 climbing until the crux two-thirds of the way up. Get a long rest before attacking the dark basalt and fingery crux of the blue donkey. You’ll likely scream ‘waraj’ to get off this one.

The hardest trad line at AG, this steep left-trending crack gets finger thin and then transitions to a vertical crack at the crux. Shares anchor with Anbessa. So far, unrepeated.

First crux at the top of the dihedral, long reach on small holds, and an unexpected second crux below the chains. The Liger Army team put this satisfying line in under the chant “Liger Army Never Dies!”

The first crack climbed on this wall, starts in the right crack of Anbessa Wall’s middle crack system and moves to the left side and up. Takes all sizes of gear, nice climbing and an exposed finish. Celebrate the historic battle with the rest of Ethiopia on March 2nd.

Get up Easy Eshi first pitch, but belay at the second anchor on a nice ledge (past some grass) Straight up to the top of the wall.

The Bushy Slabs. Short climb for beginners: ‘No Problem’. Can be done on bolts or gear.

A bouldering start, then a rest before the crux that starts with a flat undercling pinch.

Beginner/intermediate climbing on quality and varied basalt.

Same start as Galatoma, stay on the lower, left-trending crack and follow a thin finger crack straight up to the same anchors. Free and feral like its creator.

A continuous climbing with sidepulls.

Spicy and sharp. This rarely climbed adventure above Tenish Tenish is defined by its creator, Niels T, as ‘a 5.11 climb for 5.12 climbers’. Carry a clean pair of underwear.

The easiest 5.11 at AG with smooth climbing and great holds. Worth the repeat, over and over. Amharic for “heroes don’t die”.

Climb up and over to the higher left- trending crack, then up a thin ramp to the first bolt. Another bolt and then the anchors. Galatoma means thank-you in the Oromifa language.

PG was the first line bolted on this wall in honor of my first baby, a Chile-Gringo mix. Bouldery start on this one. The best option to access Sheba and Austerity Measures.

Popular and safe climb that gets steep before the chains. Big holds.

AG’s one-move wonder! Go up some intermediate terrain and throw a couple of bigger moves to get over a bulge. Sail up the rest of the pillar to the anchor. Named after the famous veggie market in Addis for all the plants pulled off the wall.

‘My Brother’ in Amharic, turned out to be Poroto Gringo’s lil sister. Shares same anchor. Lots of lichen.

Oystein, the Norwegian first ascensionist abandoned this climb below the final ledge on a couple of nuts. Today, the most popular trad route at AG. Note there are two sets of anchors at the top of P1, one for toproping or lowering if just doing the first pitch and another 5m higher for setting up the second pitch. P2 is well worth your time with lovely cracks, protection and movement.

Hardest line on the wall goes into and around the large roof on the upper part. Get acrobatic for the Queen of Sheba. Niels made this one too.

The best for its grade and the most climbed route at AG. Hospitable, playful and friendly, like most habeshas.

The best climb of its grade at AG. This line starts at the mid-way point and goes to the crag’s highest point along the edge of a long arete. Bolts were donated by a group of Spanish dancers!

Diamond in the rough basalt. Light problems and technical moves. Go straight over the crux for the 10c or stray right to make it less strenuous.