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Climbed Mt. Sinai this weekend...

Started by 71charger_fan, September 29, 2008, 12:02:56 PM

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71charger_fan

September 29, 2008, 12:02:56 PM
what was I thinking! Wow, that was a long way up, which explained why they have you do it in the dark. If you could see where they expected you to go, you'd never do it. There's a mountain at the head of the valley where St. Catherine's monastery is. I was hoping they didn't expect me to go all the way to the top of that. After the sun started coming up the next morning, I was shocked to find I was way above that mountain. Fortunately, it's all trail and steps. I've done it and I'll never do it again.

bull

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September 29, 2008, 12:19:22 PM
Quote from: 71charger_fan on September 29, 2008, 12:02:56 PM
what was I thinking! Wow, that was a long way up, which explained why they have you do it in the dark. If you could see where they expected you to go, you'd never do it. There's a mountain at the head of the valley where St. Catherine's monastery is. I was hoping they didn't expect me to go all the way to the top of that. After the sun started coming up the next morning, I was shocked to find I was way above that mountain. Fortunately, it's all trail and steps. I've done it and I'll never do it again.

Cool! :2thumbs: Any pics?

71charger_fan

#2
September 29, 2008, 12:44:05 PM
Photos are a project for tomorrow or the next day. Gotta resize them. They're all over 2mb.

41husk

#3
September 29, 2008, 01:15:56 PM
How long did it take to get to the top?
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Old Moparz

#4
September 29, 2008, 01:46:47 PM
The first thing I thought of was that you made it to the roof of the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City.   :lol:


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71charger_fan

#5
September 29, 2008, 02:47:28 PM
It took me 2.5 hours. One woman in our group did it in 1.5. It took some over 4, some didn't make it and waited at a plateau about 1,000 steps from the top.

NHCharger

#6
September 29, 2008, 08:25:20 PM
Wow, quite a feat for someone of your advanced age ;)
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Mike DC

#7
September 30, 2008, 03:00:52 AM
On the way up, did you spot an ancient broken stone tablet with commandments #11-15 carved on it? 

41husk

#8
September 30, 2008, 07:23:48 AM
2.5 hours to go up and 6 seconds to hit the ground going down :o
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71charger_fan

#9
September 30, 2008, 10:50:05 AM
If I had seen the mountain before I committed to going up there, I wouldn't have gone up there.

Charger_Fan

#10
September 30, 2008, 05:35:55 PM
Quote from: Mike DC (formerly miked) on September 30, 2008, 03:00:52 AM
On the way up, did you spot an ancient broken stone tablet with commandments #11-15 carved on it? 
:smilielol:

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71charger_fan

#11
October 01, 2008, 02:40:27 AM
I hate to resize these photos down to 200K, but I might have to. I can't seem to figure out how to make the imageshack hosting work on this site. It's automaic on the 3rd gen site.

71charger_fan

#12
October 02, 2008, 06:49:53 AM
I've tired of trying to figure out how to post more than a thumbnail here, so I've started putting photos in a thread on the 3rd gen board at:

http://wichargerguy.proboards101.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=talk&thread=2405&page=1

71charger_fan

#13
February 25, 2009, 01:03:16 PM
I've now discovered www.shrinkpictures.com, so here are a few Mt. Sinai photos.

71charger_fan

#14
February 25, 2009, 01:12:42 PM
St. Catherine's Monastery

71charger_fan

#15
February 25, 2009, 01:20:25 PM
The trail back down.

Shakey

#16
February 25, 2009, 01:45:56 PM

Very cool!   :2thumbs:

Post more photos please!   :yesnod:

71charger_fan

#17
February 25, 2009, 01:56:08 PM
From the top.

71charger_fan

#18
February 25, 2009, 02:00:05 PM
It's a bit steep up there.

71charger_fan

#19
February 25, 2009, 02:05:29 PM
More trail.

71charger_fan

#20
February 25, 2009, 02:10:46 PM
St. Catherine's Hostel

RD

#21
February 25, 2009, 07:02:08 PM
great pictures.. but now the theory is that mt. sinai is not the original mt. sinai.. but rather it is in saudi arabia and currently illegal for people to go there as it is fenced off with barbed wire.

just a theory mind you.

where is that "am i raining on your parade" emoticon?  hehe

seriously.. awesome pictures.. looks very beautiful.
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71charger_fan

#22
February 25, 2009, 11:28:43 PM
You're not raining on my parade. I'm fully aware that many believe the biblical Mt. Sinai to be in present-day Saudi. I'm not even a little bit religious. What you, or anyone else, believe may, or may not, have taken place up on any of those mountains thousands of years ago is up to you.
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