That December that Ran made his own move, venturing beyond Itamar's fencing to pitch a tent on an open, windswept hill some six kilometers east of Itamar, naming the Israeli outpost Giv'ot Olam "(Hills of Eternity/the Universe".) He reached it by stages, starting at 'The Spot', shifting then to Hill 851, until he gained the summit.}} Ran considers himself a Mapainik, as having followed the Mapai approach of taking land, of being indifferent to what others say, asking no questions, and developing it, something he says he learnt on his kibbutz.