People would bottleneck up at some of the particularly steep parts and it gave me time to snap some pics that I think give a better perspective of the climb down.
I stopped at little camp near the summit with some people I was walking with and we paid a small donation to a local Bedouin man and he made us some tea.
I made it to the very summit with about 20 minutes to spare before sunrise. It was amazing to watch the bruised, purple sky slowly light up with pinks and yellows.
The view across the valley. If you look halfway down the mountain, you'll see dots of light - those are a pack of people making their way up one of the paths with flashlights.
Two hours of slow and steady climbing (around 5am) it was beginning to get light out and we were nearing the top. I stopped and took a moment to rest and catch my breath next to this handsome camel.
...and arrived at the foot of the mountain a little past 2am. Here's the full moon over the mountain where "G-D" supposedly handed Moses tablets with laws written on them. (Which I totally believe happened, btw).
