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Off the Beaten Path: Masada & The Dead Sea

Byalecjrosen April 24, 2022April 21, 2022

To reach the summit of Masada is a 350 meter vertical hike to the ancient fortification at the edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea. Herod the Great built palaces for himself on the mountain and fortified Masada between 37 and 31 BC. Standing atop this ancient fortification and looking out over the…

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High and Low Places

Byalecjrosen January 13, 2022January 8, 2022

In 2018 I reached both the highest and lowest places I’ve ever hiked or traveled to. the lowest can’t be beat as that was in the Dead Sea, bt the highest, that’s anther challenge o adventure: Highest point to date Not counting a few road passes slightly higher, the highest was off rod in Colorado….