2115488 wrote   Please contact me at yfeintuch@centurytel.net, if you are intending/planning to hike the Negev part from mid-February, Arad-Eilat or vice versa. I'd rather not solo this trek. (If you prefer to write in Hebrew, esmah nora . . .) Alternatively, I can trek either direction anytime from April 1.   L'shalom (and hopefully l'hitraot) Yossi Columbia, Missouri