From over the mountains of Wadi Rum, pink, south of Jordan, the team jumped "Parra adrenaline," the French to jump free, on Monday, from a height of about four thousand meters, the adventure and the team described as "wonderful and amazing."
And "Adrenalin Barra" is the largest center for the sport, "Sky Diving" (Skydiving) in Europe, keen to go to Lebanon at the invitation received from the authority of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone.
Splendor of the scene in Wadi Rum lies in the picture attached to the memory of the region have had the vision from the top through the plane, or jump through sport free from the sky, where feel like jumping out of the surface of the moon.
Hits, sponsored by the authority of the "Aqaba Special Economic Zone" (competent governmental management and organization of the region), came after the success of the experiments carried out by teams of the sport in the region, with the participation of the team on his world champion in this sport, Martin Ferry.
After the success of their experience on the ground Bhbothm rocky and sandy valley, said that the team lit "jump in this region gives a sense of the person that jumps for the first time, or in a place not on the surface of the earth, because of the strangeness and beauty of nature."
And went on saying, in a statement arrived agency Anatolia copy of it, "happened to jump out of the plane this year, gives participants the experience of jumping interesting, in addition to the possibility of participating in a training course to jump from the plane certified (approved) internationally, and which enable them to jump confinement in any region of the world . "
The team is trained, according to the statement, "by special forces trainers French and German on a regular basis."
And Wadi Rum, also called the Valley of the Moon due to the similarity of the terrain topography with the moon, a valley in the tourist area Hisma south of Jordan, 70 kilometers north of the coastal city of Aqaba.
The valley is characterized by the presence of high mountains, and where the highest mountain peaks south of the Levant (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine) and two or Bloody Mountain and Mount Ram.
And descended the main road to Wadi Rum and Rum small village in the east of the desert road at about 5 kilometers to the south of Quweira, and 25 kilometers north of Aqaba.
From there, the road extends up to about 35 kilometers across the desert, and ends up Wadi Rum, one of Jordan's more areas frequented by tourists from all over the world; due to natural scenic site.
Abound in the area of Wadi Rum tourist camps which replaces hotels, being a natural reserve does not allow the construction of hotels.
The show field research in the area of Wadi Rum and the existence of communities in the distant past, and in the period of the late Pleistocene (before 10,000 years ago), where the area was dense trees, and receive large amounts of rain, and it was her appearance in that period too far from nature desert current, and back large quantities of ground water in this region to the intensity of rainfall in that period of history.
It is believed that the first documented for Wadi Rum in history, is a geographical Roman Tolma Ptolemy in his book "Geography", and mentioned the name of "Aramoa" Aramaua.
It is believed that this region is mentioned by the Koran as the "toss" in the verse: {Have you not seen how your Lord did dimensions, Iram of the Pillars, which did not create the ideals of the country}. Although this is a controversial subject for the existence of an area in Yemen as "toss" also.
Research showed Askchaveh in the area of "Rum" the existence of population activity in the region between 600 and 800 BC, and was calling this region the name "Aram" or "toss" (Iram).
Research also showed that this region was famous for the large number of springs, and the large number of animals hunting them. The housing Arabs of this region since prehistoric times, and appeared to them to prove they are the writings.
In modern history, lived in this valley many nomadic tribes, the most important tribe Huwaitat, and currently inhabited Aqbilta dumplings and Zawayda, originally belonging to the tribe of goat Aloaúlah, in addition to the families of the other tribes of Huwaitat.
There are in the region of Wadi Rum military school and points (center) belonging to the security forces Badia (government), and the recently established town in the region Aldezh track for camel racing (camels).
Featuring the region's population that they still retain the customs and traditions of the Bedouin and Arab dress and camel breeding, the habits that have disappeared from many areas of the Nabataeans Jordan, who left Maabda and inscriptions dating back to the fourth century AD.
The Nabatean kingdom is an old Arab in the north-west of the Jordan and the Arabian Peninsula between 312 "BC" and 106 AD, Petra was the capital.
The area of Wadi Rum in particular, and the Hisma general, a conduit for Arab caravans coming from the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen to the Levant, and there are many writings and inscriptions show that.
And began to promote this tourist region late eighties of the last century after it was out filming the movie "Lawrence of Arabia" famous in the sixties, and now has become a source of income is tourism, many of its inhabitants, who are working out Kadla (guides), or other business.
And the movie "Lawrence of Arabia" directed by David Lean in 1962, and production of Sam Spiegel, and starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif and Anthony Quinn.
The shopping and the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Wadi Rum as part of the golden triangle of tourism, which includes Wadi Rum, Petra and Aqaba.
And tourism activities in this area, camping and wander among the mountains on horseback and camels or four-wheel drive vehicles, and mountain climbing.
The visitor can stay overnight in the camps, which provides meals and other services.
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