Day 4 — Wednesday, Oct 30 — Mitzpe Ramon to Shaharut
Day 4 was an incredible on-road day. It was the longest day of the week and had the fastest downhills.  

Take a look at the Low Resolution Photo Collection and the High Resolution Photo Collection for Day 4.

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The group gets ready for a "free ride" adventure into the Machtesh.

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Machtesh Ramon is a very deep crater...

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The group watches as Butch contemplates his first free ride jump...

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The descent into the Machtesh is almost 450m vertical around several hairpin turns...fun!

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Butch crosses the bottom of the Machtesh

The bottom of the crater is very big and has a few hills of its own..

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Lunch at the IDF tank base.

An interesting stop, but army food seems to be of the same quality everywhere...

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Butch with some of the hardened IDF soldiers on the base.

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Over a hundred cyclists and their support crew sleeping under one Bedouin tent made for an interesting night.

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