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Randonneurs Israel 1200km brevet

by Judith Swallow

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Pre ride preparation #1
Bike frame plates
Pre ride preparation #2
The start before the start at 10pm
Signing on #1
Signing on #2
Signing on #3
frame plate installed
Israeli brevet card
Control 1, Caesarea
caike shop at 2am #1
caike shop at 2am #2
riding in the desert
sunset
Israeli audax hotel
tricky to be riding lower
Sunrise, Masada
Panaramic view, Masada
Looking back, Masada
Up and out of the Dead Sea - Tal
Getting ready to complete the climb
Taking a breather - still plenty of climbing to come!
Lev, Tal's right hand man
-100 and not out
and still climbing
Dave and Dick
Dick, the amazing power of one gear
Little wheels climbing
Ready to decend & then climb....
Dick, ready for some down hill
Endless road
Ben Schipper, the flying Dutchman
Taking a well earned rest
More of the Negev desert
the road to Yeruham & the Matkesh
Mobile support, Tal & Lev
looking towards the Large Makhtesh
Looking back from the Large Matkesh
Never ending roads
Service station stop
Darkness leaves
The fence between Egypt and Israel
The road to Eilat
Eilat
Eilat check point
Ben peddaling out of Eilat
A late lunch
More of the Negev
Shadowlands
Before the big one, Matkesh Ramon
Getting the hump
time to play in the dark, again
On our last legs, #1
On our last legs, #2
From Russia with love
Getting ready to ride to the arrivee
An old friend
Arrivee!!!!!
Finish feast #1
Ben's arrivee
Finish feast #2
First man back - doing the paperwork
A little help from Lev - Russian translation
Reward and reckognition