Last night was a very rough night for Ori. He had this incessant hacking cough all night. He could not sleep. He tossed and turned.

We take our modern life for granted. It is interesting to see how we cope when they are gone. No electricity. – maybe one can

At Shira II we finally got our new tent.  Just in time since it started to rain and our stuff would have gotten really wet. 

Today was a really beautiful day. Unlike the rest of the group hiking from Shira I directly to Shira II, we took a detour with

The nightfall approaching and the temperature rapidly dropping (I asked Ori what the temp is and his answer was simply ‘cold’) I have some concerns

Saw two animals along the way. The first was the beautiful black ravens with white collars swooping and circling our lunch area waiting for our

אתם לא מאמינים כמה קר כאן. אנחנו רק בגובה 3500 מטר, אני לובש שתי שכבות על הרגליים, ארבע בחלק גוף עליון שני כובעי פליס כרגע

This was a pretty amazing climb from the lush rain forest near our last camp through a kind of tundra of pine trees and other

Walked to the middle of camp and shut my head lamp off and the sky came alive. Stars that one just never sees. And then….swoosh,