{"id":237,"date":"2011-06-12T10:06:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T10:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noshitsherlock.co.uk\/diving\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2013-03-05T09:40:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T09:40:32","slug":"mount-sinai-st-catherines-monastery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.blackrockdivecentre.com\/site\/mount-sinai-st-catherines-monastery\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Sinai \/ St Catherine&#8217;s Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standing at 2,285m (7,497ft) Mount Sinai is mentioned in Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions as the site where <strong>Moses<\/strong> was handed the <strong>10 Commandments<\/strong> and the location of the <strong>Burning Bush<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Getting to the top is the main objective for most and can take anywhere from 45mins to 3hrs depending on your pace.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a well marked path but you will still need a sturdy pair of shoes\/trainers plus warm clothing.\u00a0 It&#8217;s cold at the top so dress warm, in winter it can be sub-zero.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re going for the <strong>sunrise over the Sinai peninsular<\/strong> you&#8217;ll be climbing in the dark so be careful, but remember to look up, with no cities for miles around the crisp clear air of the desert make it perfect for <strong>star gazing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Takes cash, Egyptian pounds preferably, as you can buy local hand made Bedouin craft goods and if your legs are not up to the climb you can hire a camel &#8211; though you&#8217;ll still need to walk the final 750 steps.\u00a0 Just below the summit at Elijah&#8217;s Hollow or the Seven Elders of Israel, there is a tea house where you can catch your breath before the final push to the summit.<\/p>\n<p>On the way up you&#8217;ll pass <strong>St Catherine&#8217;s Monastery<\/strong> one of the longest-running monasteries in the world (1,700 years) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\u00a0 You may even be lucky enough to see a pilgrim <strong>candle lit procession<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a 2hr drive from Dahab (3hrs from Sharm el Sheikh), if you want to see the sunrise you&#8217;ll be leaving late evening and climbing in the early hours of the morning.\u00a0 Divers will need to make sure their last dive is at least 18hrs before they depart Dahab.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing at 2,285m (7,497ft) Mount Sinai is mentioned in Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions as the site where Moses was handed the 10 Commandments and the location of the Burning &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blackrockdivecentre.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blackrockdivecentre.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blackrockdivecentre.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blackrockdivecentre.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blackrockdivecentre.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.blackrockdivecentre.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1701,"href":"http:\/\/www.blackrockdivecentre.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/1701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blackrockdivecentre.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}