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Wanderful: Hike to Mt. Sinai's Summit | Sinai Peninsula | Egypt

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Retracing Moses' Steps In A Once-In-A-Lifetime Spiritual Journey NOVEMBER 11, 2010—AT ONE o’clock in the morning about 3 dozens of us from our group of 50+ Filipino pilgrims started our attempt to hike to the summit of Mt. Sinai (2,640+ MASL) from the St. Catherine Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Unknown to us until a few hours later, at least a thousand other people from all over the world were hiking to the summit that very same morning. It was, after all, a typical day in Mt. Sinai. The Sinai Peninsula is for most parts, a desert. Mount Sinai, at 2,640+ meters above sea level, is quite a high-altitude place. Between 1am to 5am, temperatures can go down to 5-10 degrees Celsius. It was a long and chilly hike. It was pitch black, too. Although some of us had flashlights and head lamps, we could see only a few meters in any direction. We didn’t know how wide a trail we were walking on, or how high the cliffs beside the trail are. We could see other groups of hikers ahead of us and behind through the faint light from their flashlights and headlamps. They were like fireflies moving together in small groups following a seemingly invisible path up the mountain. There are basically two ways to hike to the summit of Mt. Sinai. You can walk, or you can hire a local Bedouin guide with his camel and ride to the summit in style. We opted to walk to fully experience the hike. Hiring a Bedouin guide and his camel was not really that expensive, but we needed to stay together with our group at all times. Also we were told that if you are not used to it, riding a camel, especially in a high-altitude hike, could be a very dizzying experience. To most Christians like us, a hike to Mount Sinai’s summit is more than just an ordinary mountain hike. It is a spiritual experience. When we hear of Sinai we automatically associate it with the biblical Moses and the story of the Ten Commandments. Our hike to Mount Sinai on November 11, 2010 WAS one such spiritual experience. I’m not very good at articulating spiritual experiences but I can tell you that it was one of the most profound spiritual experiences I ever had. This is a short slideshow video of our photos during our hike to MT. SINAI. Enjoy watching. #wearewanderful #wanderful #wearewonderful #wonderful #familytravelandadventures #familytravels #hiketomtsinaisummit #mtsinai #mountsinai #sinaipeninsula #philippines #mariesaculles #lindarodriguez #bongsaculles —— FOLLOW AND SUBSCRIBE: 'WE.ARE.WANDERFUL' DON’T forget to SUBSCRIBE immediately to this channel to make sure you don't miss out on our regular updates. You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4M8Ifha_-724ro8qIj6PbQ Like us also on Facebook: https://facebook.com/wearewanderful — — PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR OTHER CHANNELS Check out also our other channel/s: 1) Learn Street Math — community-contributed speed and mental math tricks for day-to-day applications https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1jVt2QdRAPSItxTQSXOv-g 2) Madiskarte Ang Pinoy — hacks and tricks by and for Filipinos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-p08rqmZk3Kfi86PbvU90g 3) Bong Saculles — personal channel of Bong Saculles https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0A2W_CdRQP374ft8vYxPQ — — OTHER RECOMMENDED CHANNELS 1) It’s More Fun In the Philippines: https://www.youtube.com/user/morefunph 2) National Geographic Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic — — Audio Background Credits: "All This - Scoring Action" by Kevin MacLeod, from the YouTube Audio LIbrary All This - Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300001 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ — — Photo/Video Credits: All photos and video clips used in this video are the exclusive property of Bong and Marie Saculles. All rights reserved.