Top row Left Wadi Rum village in the 1960s - no houses, just the fort on the old Saudi Arabian border. When we first arrived in 1984, there were a few houses near the fort, given to the Bedouin by King Hussein, and some Bedouin tents - that was it! Right Jebel Nassrani from Rum village with the new mosque Next Row Left Welcome to Wadi Rum - a typical Bedouin meal, Defallah Atieq on the left and Mazied Atieq on the right. Right Tony in one of Rum's Bedouin cafes with three of the Atieq brothers, (L to R) Defallah, Mazied and Eid. Next Row Left Welcome to Wadi Rum - Hamd preparing Bedouin coffee in his desert camp Right On the summit of Jebel um Adaami, Jordan's highest mountain, with Bedouin guide, Sabbah Eid, his wife and children Next Row LeftDi Taylor abseiling into the Great Siq on the descent from Jebel Rum by Hammad's Route Right Wilf Colonna on 1st ascent of Perverse Frog, Jebel um Ejil, 1985 Two photos of Tony on the 1st ascent of Jebel Kharazeh by the Vanishing Pillar, 1984, with Di Taylor, Al Baker and Mick Shaw - one of Rum's very few summits not to have been climbed by the Bedouin.
