We woke up at 4:30 am at the Bedouin tents to hike Mt. Mosada and see the sunrise over the holy land and the Dead Sea. What a country!
Meanwhile, Bennett was fiending for something very particular:
"There's only one thing missing from this climb: it starts with J, and it ends with J."
Mt. Mosada appears to be high on a desert plateu. The truth is, it lies at zero, (count 'em, 0) feet elevation. This makes it, in fact, much higher than the Dead Sea, which is the lowest place on earth. The mountains above, which stand at 1500 feet, were once a source of water for King Solomon's clan of Jews.
Roni told us that through trial and error, the Jews discovered the risks that photosynthesis posed to their stored water supply. So they cut the sun out of the picture. They had an enormous, enclosed cistern at the top of Mosada that they kept shaded to keep the water it held fresh!
The Dead Sea has three distinctive features:
1) Lowest point on earth
2) Highest salination level out of all earth's bodies of water
3) Water houses no living organisms-- it's too damn salty!
"And when you're in the Dead Sea, don't fart, because you will burn your little Jewish asshole."
-Roni
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