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before I begin the trail

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Usually I am a spontaneous guy, but setting out on the INT (Israel National Trail – שביל ישראל – you’ll see this abbreviation a lot in here… ) was a record breaker for me. I had about a single day to prepare EVERYTHING – and for a hike which i’ve been dreaming of doing for almost 12 years, that’s pretty tight…

…so my plans were not perfect, and i stacked a lot of extras (both food and water) along the way, using a very conservative plan (it turned out that i walked about 25% faster than i planned. not bad :) )

and so – Wednsday, 11/3 was my last exam (yea, i set out without knowing weather i passed or not) . Thursday ,12/3  i cleared my apartment. Friday, 13/3 I had a farewell BBQ for my friends – and on Saturday, with the help of  Oded, I headed south to Eilat.

And so I begin

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Hello everybody!

From 15/3/09 – 10/5/09 i hiked the Israel National Trail (hence the title – shvilist) and on the way i figured that there are many who might be interested in hearing my story and see pictures from the trail…

… and from many others which i have completed over the past 10 years (and still i try to do at least one serious hike a year, plus as many day hikes as i can find the time for)

hope you will enjoy,

Uri

on an olive tree