Hooray for Derech Etz Chaim!!! When you have lots of time in a machtesh in the middle of the Negev desert there is plenty of time to gather large stones and spell out the letters DEC for future generations.Day 2 of our Tiyul to the South featured jeeping and rappelling. During the jeeping Itamar and Alon took us to different parts of the Machtesh and explained how it was formed.
We took the jeep up the rocky part of V'ridim summit that overlooks the entire machtesh. We also learned about the different stones, limestone, clay, sandstone, flint, volcanic rock, etc. how they got there and how they are used
Rappelling (or in Israeli slang snappeling ) featured Assi (short for Asaf) the enormours Israeli Commando who demanded our respect, (especially Pinchas Schwarzbaum). He was our anchor that made sure we didn't fall off the side of the mountatin as shown below by Jack Goldberg
Not everyone was up to rappelling as some had a fear of heights or one of many lame excuses. Kobi Schwartzbaum volunteered to go first and after a crash course from Asi learned how to disconnect everyone from the rope when they got to the bottom. Everyone else from Group II of rappelling are pictured below from left to right: Yaakov Hill, Josh Corcos, Chaim Margolese, Jack Goldberg, R' Betzalel Gersten, Avraham Treiger and Yoni Calabrese
The long and the short of it: 6' 6" Josh Corcos and 5' 7" Chaim Margolese each showing us that when it comes to rappelling, you only have to be tall enough for your legs not to touch the ground.
Photo Credits once again to Avraham Treiger and joint praise for the winners of the daily trivia question: Yaakov Rose and Uri Henig
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