The 12th Alyn Ride is going to be in the North this year. It was just confirmed that it will start at Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, just south of Beit She'an. I'm really excited about this because during my sophomore year abroad I spent a week at Sde Eliyahu picking rimonim (pomegranites). That was, *sigh*, more than 36 years ago! I haven't been back since. I can't even imagine what the place looks like now.
What I remember about Sde Eliyahu is that we woke up around 4 am and worked till around noon. Then we had lunch and spent the rest of the day in the pool. Sde Eliyahu is in the Beit She'an valley, about 200 meters below sea level. It's pretty hot. I think the term of art is, "it's hot as hell."
I will post more about the Ride in the coming days. The one other thing I know is that the Challenge riders will be climbing Mt. Hermon, something I've never done (and chickened out of doing in 2005).
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