06/11/2019
Dear friends, Most hikers like the red guide and find it useful. Good reviews are nice but unfortunately they do not help us to improve the guide. Seldom we have the opportunity to improve the guide after we've received comments about it from hikers. It is only those hikers who write bad reviews on Amazon and on Facebook, that help us to improve the guide. The bad reviews mostly indicate that those hikers did not read the short introduction in the guide and did not log onto the forum. They usually fail to download the preface to the guide and the grocery store list. Some of them learned about the only reliable trail angels list, when they are in Israel. The app is nice but outdated, so are other lists. All the above indicate that we've missed something. In the current edition, it is mentioned on page 7 of the guide to download the preface. In the next edition (2020) we've dedicated two pages, one in each direction of the hike, for important links (attached). They are mentioned in a large bold font. The INT is different than other long trails, definitely compared to those in Europe, and requires more reading at home. I hope it helps future hikers to do more research at home. See you all on the trail.
