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On November 16th, 2012, Yarden Frankl carried out a 260 kilometer non-stop bike ride from the Hermon Mountain in the Golan Heights past the Dead Sea and then to his home in Neve Daniel. The ride went from Israel's highest elevation to its lowest and then up to the country's second highest spot. The ride started at 2:00 AM and finished approximately 12 hours later. He rode to raise funds for the Oncology Department at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in appreciation of the treatment that his wife, Stella, received over the past year.
Yarden, 45, made aliyah in 2005 with his wife Stella and their four children. He works for the organization Honest Reporting.
Last June, Stella visited the Shaare Zedek emergency room with stomach pains. Unfortunately, those stomach pains turned out to be caused by late stage stomach cancer. She immediately began aggressive chemotherapy treatment in the oncology department, although the prognosis was extremely poor.
Stella's response to the treatment, under the direction of Dr. Amiel Segal of the Oncology Institute was amazing and after six months of treatment she underwent a radical surgical procedure performed by the director of the Shaare Zedek Department of Surgery, Professor Petachia Reissmann.
She is continuing to receive treatment in the Oncology Department.
The concept of the non-stop, 12 hour ride is to reflect the journey that cancer patients and their loved ones endure. “Last year, we felt that we were locked in one long dark night,” says Yarden. “All the time we were waiting for the sun to rise, for the dawn of the day when our hopes of defeating the cancer would be realized. For us, that day came after numerous aggressive chemo treatments, radical surgery, and the prayers of thousands around the world.”
“But looking back, we now know that the experience was not just one of darkness. We were on an emotional roller coaster. Where one day we would be filled with hope and the next we would find ourselves at the lowest of low points, hoping to rise up again. I wanted to do a ride that would reflect both the aspect of longing for the dawn but also rising up from the depths. I can think of nothing that would be more symbolic that riding from the highest point in Israel to the lowest and then back up to the second highest.
“We received fantastic care at Shaare Zedek. The unfortunate reality is that in the cancer wing, business is booming. Cancer patients have to fight such a tough battle, they deserve the best resources available. I hope that through this ride, people will make donations so that we can help additional cancer patients get the medical help they need to make a full recovery.”
Click here to read Yarden's Blog
Click here to Donate (securely) towards Yarden's Riding for the Dawn in Support of Shaare Zedek (Please note "Yarden" in the comments field of the form), Anyone donating $10 or more will receive a Stella's Army bracelet!
On November 16th, 2012, Yarden Frankl carried out a 260 kilometer non-stop bike ride from the Hermon Mountain in the Golan Heights past the Dead Sea and then to his home in Neve Daniel. The ride went from Israel's highest elevation to its lowest and then up to the country's second highest spot. The ride started at 2:00 AM and finished approximately 12 hours later. He rode to raise funds for the Oncology Department at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in appreciation of the treatment that his wife, Stella, received over the past year.
Yarden, 45, made aliyah in 2005 with his wife Stella and their four children. He works for the organization Honest Reporting.
Last June, Stella visited the Shaare Zedek emergency room with stomach pains. Unfortunately, those stomach pains turned out to be caused by late stage stomach cancer. She immediately began aggressive chemotherapy treatment in the oncology department, although the prognosis was extremely poor.
Stella's response to the treatment, under the direction of Dr. Amiel Segal of the Oncology Institute was amazing and after six months of treatment she underwent a radical surgical procedure performed by the director of the Shaare Zedek Department of Surgery, Professor Petachia Reissmann.
She is continuing to receive treatment in the Oncology Department.
The concept of the non-stop, 12 hour ride is to reflect the journey that cancer patients and their loved ones endure. “Last year, we felt that we were locked in one long dark night,” says Yarden. “All the time we were waiting for the sun to rise, for the dawn of the day when our hopes of defeating the cancer would be realized. For us, that day came after numerous aggressive chemo treatments, radical surgery, and the prayers of thousands around the world.”
“But looking back, we now know that the experience was not just one of darkness. We were on an emotional roller coaster. Where one day we would be filled with hope and the next we would find ourselves at the lowest of low points, hoping to rise up again. I wanted to do a ride that would reflect both the aspect of longing for the dawn but also rising up from the depths. I can think of nothing that would be more symbolic that riding from the highest point in Israel to the lowest and then back up to the second highest.
“We received fantastic care at Shaare Zedek. The unfortunate reality is that in the cancer wing, business is booming. Cancer patients have to fight such a tough battle, they deserve the best resources available. I hope that through this ride, people will make donations so that we can help additional cancer patients get the medical help they need to make a full recovery.”