Egypt 2008 Climbing Mt. Sinai Photographs by Richard Mayne May 23, 2008  

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Sky View	Annotated Satelite view Route Map"	hNight Camel Started Climb at 2 AM	Lurla on "Abdul", he was 11yr.s old We rode Camels ~1.5 Hr."

Warming Shack After camel ride and ~700 Steps	4 AM Waiting til pre dawn for last 100 stepsto top	hMoon over Mt. Sinai	Made It!!

Day Break on Mt. Sinai	Dawn	hView From Mt Sinai	First Sun

 

Sun Rise from Mt. Sinai	Sun Rise from Mt. Sinai	hCrowd on Mountain top	View from Mt. Sinai

   

Looking North	Chapel of the Holy Trinity (This was Moses' time ?)	hStairs to Peak	Stairs to Peak Were hard to see in the dark!!

 

Elijah's Basin	Camel Herder Shop	hTired Camel Herders	Starting the Walk all the way down

View down	Trail	hsteep decent	Many Hikers slow going

   

	Watch Footing!!	hRest stop	Narrow passage

Anyone know a Dentist	Lurla and Friend	hCamel stand	Mountain Ridge

 

We are still high	Lone Camel Going home empty	hMuch Trail Dust	Camel Herder's Hovel

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