The sun was setting fast. The mountains casting ever longer shadows. The deep, dry valley too dark for comfort. As the sun came down the temperature was dropping quickly. From 32c to 14c in a few hours. With the nearest human settlement 30 miles away and the next watering hole 5 miles down the steep, rocky valley we decided to stop for the night. Not too far from the Qumran caves. A place so dry the Dead Sea scrolls survived there intact for almost 2,000 years.
No cloud within a 100 miles. It is a wonderful starry night. The moon almost full. After a quick bite MGF T and I slide into our sleeping bags. Not a worry on our minds.
At 14, I guess we were too young to worry. What is there to worry about? The scarcity of water? The possibility of losing our way back to civilisation? Scorpions? Snakes? Leopards? Or maybe it is that we are in the middle of occupied territory in which we are representatives of the opressor? Naah. Nothing at all.
PS 745km down. 155km to go
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