OPINIONBy Fasica Berhane
Lately, I came across a you tube video that shows the difficulties of climbing Debre Damo, one of the most ancient monastery and top attractions of Ethiopia. The monastery dates back over 1, 400 years. The video features a tourist having a hard time to climb the cliff while tied to a rope. He was hanging on the middle trying so hard to get himself up with a help of a priest from above holding the rope and on ground some native kids trying to give him advice. It was a bit funny to watch his efforts to climb while losing balance again and again but eventually he manged to reach to the other end of the rope and stepped inside the little window, which is a gate to the monastery.
Ethiopia has many mountains and cliffs like Debre Damo and many others like Ras Dashen mountain (4,550 m) on Semien mountains, which also known as the roof of Africa and registered under UNESCO with amazing canyons,cliffs of highest mountains. Most tourists love to trek and visit dangerous and exciting places. Ethiopia, especially for trekking, is endowed with exciting places which makes her preferable for tourists.
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