Desert hikes( from 2008 to 2011) - Rita Mendes-Flohr

Rita Mendes-Flohr > Desert hikes( from 2008 to 2011)

Machtesh Ramon
Har Katum, Har Marpek, Har Saharonim, Parsat Nekarot, Nahal Adom, Nahal Ardon
Nahal Kotzan, Akrab
mostly trees... February 25, 2011
Negev Seashore - just north of the Gaza Strip
from the Heletz intersection to shmurat Gvar'am, to Nahal Shikma, the Netiv Haasara dunes, shmurat Carmiya, the Shikma reservoir and the Zikim beach.
Ashkelon Power Station - the aesthetics of polluti…
the power plant chimney as seen on our Negev Seashore hike, from different angles and against different skies 5.2.11
Nahal Peres - January 22 2011
In a bus along the Dead Sea at sunset
all these photos were taken while riding in a moving bus along the shores of the Dead Sea - back to Jeruslam after the Nahal Peres hike
Eilat Mountains - 31.12.10 - 1.1.11
DAY ONE from Har Ayt to the Ketura waterfall and along the cliffs, strewn with "bulbusim" (large bulbous stones) past various unnamed wadis to Kibbutz Yahel
Eilat Mountains - 31.12.10 - 1.1.11
DAY TWO - from the road to the seismographic station up to Har Ora's two peaks, with a knife-edge ridge between them; down to Nahal Raham and up to the Amram cliffs, down towards Har Amir and down to Givat Yohevet towards the Amra…
The way to Shivta, Nov19-20 2010
day 1- Helmoniot Yeruham to Nahal Hayman - Kvish 40 day 2 - Nahal Tziporim, hill 624, bor tziporim, nahal Drorim, Shivta
Nahal Dorban, Kabir, Nitzana to Bor Hemet
two days of hiking north and south of Machtesh Ramon's western tip - 12-13 February, 2010
Nahal Shkedim, Elitzur, Eliav to Har Ramon
two days of hiking north and south of Machtesh Ramon's western tip - 12-13 February, 2010
Nahal Kidod and Nahal Menachem - Jan 30, 2010
in the Judean Desert - east of Arad
Eilat Mountains - Jan 8 and 9, 2010
First day: from Ketura up the Yitro Ascent to the Kasuy Sands - plus a visit the Leopard Temple (No, this is not the Western Desert in Egypt!!!!)
Eilat second day:
from Shaharut, on the Israel Trail along the Shayarot Cliffs to Har Argaman and down Nahal Argaman
Katef Tur, Nahal T'marim, Ma'ale T'marim, Dead Sea
19.12.2009
Nahal Tsafit - and Machtesh HaKatan
Nachal Tsafit from Metzad Tamar, upstream to Ein Tsafit, down to its intersection with the road to Machtesh HaKatan and visit to Machtesh HaKatan at sunset - November 28, 2009
Nahal Daroch, Zakuf and Talul
a two day camping trek in the Negev - east of Sde Boker and south and east of the Great Crater (Machtesh ha Gadol) and on its rim. Feb. 13, 2009
Gev Zarhan, up Nahal Efran, to rim of the Geat Cra…
and down Nahal Mador - second day, Feb 14,2009
Eilat Mountains - Timna
down Ma'ale Berech into the Timna Valley, through the White and Pink Canyons, the ancient copper mines, to the Arches site
Eilat Mountains: Har Hizkiyahu, Canyon Schoret, Na…
Nahal Tse'elim - December 27,2008
Down Ma'ale Gorney, to Brechat Na'ama in Nahal Tse'elim to Ein Namer, and down the wadi towards the Dead Sea.
From the Arava to Machtesh Ramon - a two day trek …
From Bildad in the Arava, Ramat Tzofar, down to Nahal Ashosh, through Ramat Omer, to cliffs overlooking Nahal Tzrorot, down to campground at the foot of Har Masa. Second day: to Har Nekarot; down to Nahal Nekarot and the Ma'ok - g…
Nahal Rashash
desert selections
up Nahal Gov, down Roman Ma'ale Akrabim
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Hariton Cave
the Hariton Cave in Nahal Tekoa in the Judean Desert is a karstic cave that is 400 meters deep with 4 km of hallways (some narrow and low, where you must wriggle on your belly like a snake) and 55 chambers on 4 different levels..(…
Along the He'etikim Cliffs
up at Ovnat, across the Kidron river, to the Nahliel outlook and down at Ma'ale T'marim - November 27, 2011
In and out of Wadi Kelt - Sunday Group, Jan.8. 201…
Alon, down to Wadi Abu A-Raba that runs into Wadi Kelt,at the Herodian aquaduct, Ein Kelt, red trail above Wadi Kelt and up an unnamed wadi on the north bank, up, and up, to lookout point, and down to Ein Fawar/Ein Maboa
Wadi Kelt - March 22, 2011
from Ein Fawar/Ein Maboa, through Ein Kelt to the Monastery of St. George
Nahal MIshmar to Tseelim on a rainy day - Sunday g…
which is the reason there are only few photos from this hike