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We at the Footprints Nature Club always work towards improving our services to our members. And in order to meet the needs of some hikers who always want to do hiking trips of hard and advanced levels, we will start a series of trips that we will call:
Footprints Extreme Trips
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The second "Extreme Trip" with the Footprints Nature Club will take place this Sunday 8 May 2016 to the summit of one of the most famous Lebanese Mountains:
Footprints Extreme Trip 2: Extreme Hiking to the Summit of Sannine Mountain
We will gather starting 8:30 AM to allow those who want to elect to finish and come before we move at 9:00 AM. We will not have any breakfast stop on the road.
Mount Sannine is the mountain that can be seen clearly from Beirut. Thus while we are there, we will be able to see Beirut from an altitude of 2500 meters, on our feet and not in a plane!
The hike will start at an altitude of 1500 meters, and we will hike up to the summit of the mountain at 2500 meters.
The hike shall take between 6 and 7 hours, to walk around 17 KMs.
All this make the level of the hike a Hard Level (8 to 9/10). Thus if you feel you are not fit enough to hold this hike, sorry because you will miss all the adventure and fabulous views of the region.
The weather is promising to be a sunny weather. In that place, if it is sunny, it is usually hot with some flows of cold wind. But if it gets foggy, things will get really cold. So it is important to get your normal hiking gear with a hat for sun, and a jacket in case it gets cold. On such high altitudes, there is a high possibility of strong wind.
When returning down from the summit, we will slide on the west face of the mountain on the region called “Al-Ba7sa”. This descent will be harder than the ascent. So prepare yourselves...