Sunday, July 1, 2012

Climbing in Ein Farah, Israel in the early morning


We took a day trip to climb some rocks in Ein Farah (about a 20 minute drive outside of Jerusalem through a couple of checkpoints) and had a picnic afterward in front of a cave. Google maps does not appear to know where this place is. On the trip there, our Israeli version of Tom Tom kept telling us we were above the speed limit but did not tell us to go under it. We went with a rock climbing guide who set up 3 routes of increasing difficulty; the hardest one had a middle section under an overhang. We then hiked a bit further into a park above some small springs. The springs were a great way to cool off in the hot sun and little fish pecked at our feet.