Dead sea area revisted.

A further attempt to climb 1300ft Masada via the 'snake trail,' Not so high nor so difficult but remember this area is 400ft below sea level and the temps were in the 40's centigrade this particular day, but to quote an old New Zealand son, Sir Ed Hillary...."this time we knocked the bugger off!!!"

The 5 entrepid climbers feeling pretty good at 6.30am leaving the kibbutz, but those little hills in the background look pretty bleak & quite high.



Ah... it is already hotting up at the car park, at 7.30am & Masada actually looks quite daunting now at closer range.






Zac, that hill, like the temperatures, is steadily getting higher...& our packs were heavy with a load of water.