Karbolet Haririm - Sapir

Participants: srj,zbz,c,garz,Dan,Bella,Issana

A long time recommended trek, beautiful, various attractions.

The only minus of this trek is the car logistics - to get a car from the starting point to the finishing is taking more than a hour..

I think I'll stop publishing maps, because of the new great service of http://www.mapa.co.il

The starting point is on this map (You better put a topographic layer on :) )

Parking: from rd. 40 turn to a red path "nahal afor", turn left to the black path on the T junction, there's some beduin han to leave the car in.

We've actually started going after noon, splitted to three parts - Bella, Issana and Yossi started going towards the Karbolet Harirrim from "Han Saaronim", Dan and Anton were waiting with the bags in the Han, while me and misha took the car to the parking

We all met again for a late launch only at the observation point of the Karbolet. It was pretty hot (no way it was 26 as promissed..). I just love this observation, from the southern wall of the crater, with a view upon Hardon mt. Last time I was there with c,lev,vova and boaz , we turned back with a feeling that we have to complete it some day.

We stopped for the night just before the night parking, which is on the intersection of the blue and the red pathes, between the two waterfalls, just about here . Now, I know that's not a nice thing to do ecologically (it's actually close to water sources and is distrupting the animals), but Issana started feeling dizzy, and I didn't want her to go down the second waterfall this way.

In the night we've found we brought damn too much food. Next time there'll be a strict control over food we carry for 2 days! But, it was fun for sure (KINUA).

On the second day, Dan did a cut via an umarked path, which he told to be hard, but quick (and that's meaning HARD, from what I've seen of Dan :) )

This day was even hotter (well, we were going down towards BIKAA..), and we actually finished without water reservs.. Not something critical but not pleasent at all.. Need to be more carefull with hot days - less food and coffee, and more water.

On the way , we've seen these amazing SDAKIM in the ground - they where some 20 meters deep, worth seeing.

But the big surprize we had when we came to Sapir: some guy that looked like junky-BRASLEV-MITNAHEL combination asked us where we come from, and said something like "Hmm, you must be full of sweat and dirt after these 2 days! Go to our LAKE then! I swam there yesterday, and I will go tomorrow probably. Just around the school.. Yes, yes, with trees and grass and everything. Go, go!"

Now this was a message, and he was the messenger :)

After cleaning and refreshing, we've gone to Moa restaurant. Frankly, we must agree that the MAAHAL we've been to in Pesah (just nearby) was much better

One last pic I must post for future generartions:

Issana's pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/bella.vaks/sKWmKK
Dan's pics:
http://www.nevela.com/gallery2/v/easternramon/