Originally Posted by
pennpaul
This picture was taken back in February 2019 when a friend and I rode 100 miles through the Miztpe Ramon crater in Israel to Eilat in the south.
View of Ramon Crater before we started our descent. About a minute later a spooked ibex (think goat on steroids with horns to match) darted from the shoulder in front of me (going 30mph at this point with brakes). Man, that thing had some acceleration! I missed it by about a foot!
I drove to Eilat from Jerusalem back in the 90's. Pretty much two lane the whole way back then and not much of anything out there once you got south of the Dead Sea. Thanks for the pics!