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Day 6 - We made it through the rock cleft! Near Tamzrit. © Shaun Grey

Day 6 – Toufghine to Anguelz

by Jon Slade2015 Morocco High Atlas Traverse by MTB 30 May 20153 March 2021No Comments

The big one. Wow, this was a hard day, one that almost broke the trip. At 8am it is already hot and windless, the sun blazing down from a cloudless sky. We climb for a few miles up a road, accompanied by a friendly dog that appears from the undergrowth

Day 5 - Smiley Si Moh at his serving hatch - we mostly bought orange liquids full of sugar!Near Ichbbakene, Tassaout valley. © Shaun Grey

Day 5 – Near Ichbbakene to Toufghine

by Jon Slade2015 Morocco High Atlas Traverse by MTB 29 May 20153 March 2021No Comments

As day dawns I’m struck by just how magical a place this is: the valley is wild and spectacular, with towering peaks either side and no other dwellings. There’s a stream running over the bare earth, just a couple of feet from the house, where we all washed our socks