Climb Every Mountain:
The night after the bedouin camp, we began the ascent to Mt. Sinai at 1AM. It was virtually moonless night, but the stars were so amazingly bright you could faintly see the rocks and path around you. We had to dodge camels, and climb, climb climb for five long miles. I reached this weird, zen-like mode where my feet moved and found the path while I stared up at the sky, at stars I believe I have never seen. We were so far from civilization, the heavens were just blazing. I’ve never seen anything like it.
After the hike, you had to climb 800 steps to the top, a long slow climb, with quite a drop. When we finally reached the summit, I immediately went into photographer mode. This is off the very peak of Sinai, where a Greek Orthodox worshiper had lit a candle to celebrate the soon to arrive sunrise. (And you will want to stick around for that experience too!)
