We were initially supposed to do leg 3 of the shvil last Friday but the forecasts said it could hit 100 degrees. After the difficult time we had the previous week, we decided that it was better to push it off a week than to die. We decided that this leg would be from Kever Yeshayah to Kever Rashbi which was about 4 kilometers shorter than the previous hike. We also chose to meet earlier and to start the hike as close to sunrise as possible. The drives are getting shorter so we could do it.
We met at the ending point at 5:15 and then drove together to the start where we davened and ate a quick breakfast. We were on the shvil by 6:20. Overall, the hike was mostly uphill but wasn’t too bad. There were two tunnels that went under roads and those were fun and different. As usual, we hardly stopped and just walked straight. We’ve discovered though that we really can’t expect to cover more than 3-3.5 km per hour. We’re walking on rocks and going up and down hills. You just can’t go that fast.
We saw lots of cows as usual and we actually saw a group of Arab women hiking so it was nice to see people. Overall, it was pretty uneventful. We finished the hike around 12:30 and headed home.
