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The author:
Evstafjev Nikolay, Moscow
Morocco: to grasp immense!
The photostory about a bicycle campaign
On October, 24 - on November,
10 2003
Route:
Casablanca - Agadir - Tiznit - Tafraoute - Tata - Foum-Zguid - Mhamid
- quarzazate - Imlil - Lac d'Ifni - Jbel Toubkal - Marrakesh – Casablanca
Morocco is high mountains and desert,
the forgotten world of canyons of Anti-Atlas and resort coast, a night
life of ancient Marrakesh and customs of month Ramadan - such sated
and various fortnight acquaintance to this surprising country appeared…
About the campaign.
Route and participants
Participants
Summary report (the technical information)
about sites of the route
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Date
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Line
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Description
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Means of conveyance, character of road
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Altitude: integrated climb (IC), descent
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Distance
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23.10
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Moscow - Amsterdam - Casablanca
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Flight of airline KLM, general time of flight, including two-hour
change in Amsterdam ~9 hours, cost of the ticket 508 $.
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plane
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+25000m
–25000m
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4231km
(direct)
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Casablanca - Marrakesh
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The transfer ordered on the Internet Êàsà-Agadir through Marrakesh
cost 345 $. The machine met us at the airport of Casablanca. A
night way.
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car, road
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238km
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24.10
Agadir
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Marrakesh - Agadir (camping)
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A night in Marrakesh in the house of our driver. The road passes
on uninviting deserted district.
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car, road
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273km
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Agadir, forced day rest
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KLM lost our luggage (all eight bicycles) at an overload in Amsterdam.
The luggage was found, in the morning 25.10 they promised to deliver
it in the airport of Agadir
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25.10
Tiznit
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Agadir - Tiznit
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Tiznit –the first point of the route. A transfer on two "grandees
- taxi", cost 700 DH.
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car, highway
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90km
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Tiznit -
Souk-Ait-Tnin-n'Asaka
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A flat quiet line Tiznit- Tafraoute with practically zero traffic.
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bicycles; asphalt road
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IC 100m,
spending night at 209m
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17,4km
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26.10
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Souk-Ait-Tnin-n'Asaka - Anezi - Aout-Zeg - Dar-Ourtan
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Minor asphalt road with the zero traffic. Moving up–and-down.
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bicycles; asphalt road
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IC 1519ì
spending night at 1094m
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59,2km
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27.10
Tafraoute
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Amalu –
Tirge-et - Tafraoute
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Minor asphalt road with the zero traffic. Ascent on a pass 1315
m, descent in Tafraoute valley.
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bicycles; asphalt road
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-700m,
IC +535m,
spending night at 980 m (Tafraoute)
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51km
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28.10
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Agard-Oudad - Anezaren - Taloust
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Ascent on plateau-pass 1694 m. Minor asphalt road. Asphalt ended
on the pass.
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bicycles; asphalt road
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+714 m
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18 km
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Tagaout – the Oued river valley - Tigragen (descent) – the Azif
river valley- n'Tagmu (ascent) - Timkeyt
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Descent on a stony earth road in a bottom of a canyon. Ascent
on a desolate earth road, more often on a channel a river (canyon).
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bicycles; ground, river’s channel (pebble)
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-485m, +143m
IC 950
spending night at 1350m
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34,5km
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29.10
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Ascent on the upper riches of the Azif river - n'Tagmu - Ouklid
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Ascent on a desolate earth road, more often on a channel a river
(canyon).
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bicycles; on foot, ground, river’s channel (pebble)
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+154m
IC 950m
spending night at 1350m
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8 km
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Ascent on a plateau-pass – on the plateau to the left source
of the Azif-n'Ait-el-Kadj river descent to the river
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Ascent on a plateau-pass via a desolate mountain on a road on
the canyon’s slope. A stony earth road on the plateau 1842m. Descent
in canyon via a desolate road.
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bicycles; on foot,
a road built of stones, ground,
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+338m, -279m
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20 km
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Ascent along Azif-n'Ait-el-Kadj river - Timmit - Tigoumart -
Tazegzaout
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Ascent via a desolate stony earth road along the bottom of the
river’s canyon, more often through the river’s channel.
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bicycles on foot; ground, river’s channel (pebble)
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-363m
IC 660m
spending night at 1200m
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15 km
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30.10
Tata
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Tidil - Ival – the highway to Tata
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A deserted stony earth road in a bottom of a canyon of the river,
more often via a channel of the river. A canyon. Good earth road
after Ival
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Bicycle, on foot; ground, a river’s channel (pebble)
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-175m
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12,4 km
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Tizgui-Ida-ou-Ballou - Imitek - Tata
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Road Òaroudant - Tata, practically zero traffic
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Bicycle; asphalt
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-700
IC 680ì
spending the night at 700ì (Tata)
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78 km
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31.10
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Òata - Akka-Iguiren - Kasba-el-Joua - Trit - Tissint - Mrhimina
– in 10km of Foum-Zguid
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Road Tata - Foum-Zguid, practically zero traffic. Stony desert,
hills.
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Bicycle; asphalt
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ÈÍ 500ì,
spending the night at 595ì
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130 km
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1.11
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Foum-Zguid
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Highway
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Bicycle; asphalt
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+40m
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10 km
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Road to lake Lac Iriki - Lac Iriki - oasis Zaouia-Sidi-Abd-en-Nebi
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Heavy road without a covering on stony desert, a part in a bottom
of drying up Lac Iriki lake.
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Bicycle; ground, stones
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+230, -390,
IC 270ì,
spending the night at 426m
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63 km
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2.11
Mhamid
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Well Khasi-Oued-Bou-Adjadj - oasis Ain-Sidi-Abd-er'Rakhman -
Oued Draa river - Mhamid
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Heavy road without a covering on stony desert, on a pebble of
a bottom of a gulf Lac Iriki lake. A road on a plateau - watershed
to Oued Draa river (clay, sand, stones). Sand in a channel of
the Oued Draa river on an entrance to Mhamid
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Bicycle; ground, stones, sand
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+125, -30,
IC 125m
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77 km
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Night transfer to quarzazate
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Highway Mhamid - Zagora - quarzazate. Cost of minibus 2000 DH
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Car, highway
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spending the night at 1140m (quarzazate)
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266 km
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3.11
quarzazate
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quarzazate, a rest day
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Survey of ruins and other things
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4.11
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Transfer to Agim
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Highway quarzazate - Marrakesh. Cost of a minibus 700 DH
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Car, highway
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~80km
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Agouim - Es-Sour - Tizgi - Isoual - Zavia - Imlil - Imhilene
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Beautiful beaten earth road on stony and volcanic breeds (output
of tuff fields). Two passes 2050 and 2263m. Spending the night
at the beginning of rise to Lac d'Ifni lake. The last houses of
settlement Imhilene.
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Bicycle; ground
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IC 1410ì,
spending the night at 1959
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63 km
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5.11
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Ascent to Lac d'Ifni lake
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Ascent via a stony non-using road on a moraine wave of Lac d'Ifni
lake
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Bicycle, on foot; ground
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+473m
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4km
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Lac d'Ifni – camp at 2841m
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Pebble fields a little higher of Lac d'Ifni. Taluses. Camp on
parking, in second half of day -a radial ascent on 3230 m (the
purpose: carrying bicycles + acclimatization)
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On foot; track
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IC 1430,
spending the night at 2841ì
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~12km
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6.11
Jbel Toubkal
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Climbing Tizi-n-Ouanoume pass (3669m, 1À), descent to 3200 hardly
lower than a shelter " Jbel Toubkal "
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Ascent and descent via a track. There is snow on the col and
the NW slope of descending.
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On foot; track
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+828m, -469m
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21 km
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Climbing on Mt. Jbel Toubkal 4167m
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Track, taluses, snow, ice. We managed to ascend up to 3820m,
the following ascent without special equipment (at least crampons)
was objectively dangerous.
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On foot; Mountains
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IC 1450,
spending the night at 3200m
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~3,5km
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7.11
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Aroumd - Imlil
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Descent via a mountain track
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Bicycle, on foot; ground
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-1415
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10km
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Asni - Tahanaoute - Marrakesh
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Road with the average traffic
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Bicycle; asphalt
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-1314
IC 90
spending the night at 471m (Marrakesh)
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68km
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8.11
Marrakesh
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Marrakesh, day rest
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Ruins, a botanical garden, nightlife of east city, all things
that tourists like.
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9.11
Casablanca
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Casablanca
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Transfer by trip bus CTM, cost (from the person) 100 DH + a transfer
to the airport 40 DH
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car; highway
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238km
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10.11
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Casablanca - Amsterdam - Moscow
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Luggage strangely enough KLM did not get lost
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plane
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+25000m
–25000m
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4231km (direct line)
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Route in figures
Running days 12,5 + 2 day rest + 1 a half
of day rest + 2 days of entrances / departures
On a speedometer 724 km
The common integrated ascent 9794 m
The minimal altitude in the campaign – 0
m, altitude of start 200m (Tiznit)
The maximal "bicycle" pass 2263m
The maximal altitude 3820m (ascent on Mt.
Jbel Toubkal)
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Date
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Distance
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Average speed
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Time of the way
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Max speed
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Ascent
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Dump of altitude
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Altitude of spending the night
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Notes
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Route
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km
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km/h
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h:min:sek
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km/h
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m
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m
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m
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24.10.03
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Delay because of luggage lost by KLM
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Casablanca - Marrakesh - Agadir (car)
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25.10.03
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17,43
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24,20
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0:43:16
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44,1
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100
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150
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209
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Tiznit (car)
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26.10.03
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59,23
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14,96
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3:57:31
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52,2
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1519
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735
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1094
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27.10.03
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33,90
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16,80
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2:01:03
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51,5
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535
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700
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980
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half of a rest day
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Tafraoute
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28.10.03
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52,38
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12,14
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4:18:50
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45,7
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950
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670
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1350
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29.10.03
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38,13
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8,08
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4:43:01
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35,6
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660
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830
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1200
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30.10.03
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90,40
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19,83
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4:33:23
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51,5
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680
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1130
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700
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Tata
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31.10.03
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129,15
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25,80
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5:00:20
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44,7
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500
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575
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595
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Foum-Zguid
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01.11.03
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73,56
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14,96
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4:51:01
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28,5
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270
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390
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400
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02.11.03
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76,91
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12,79
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6:00:39
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27,1
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200
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100
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550
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Mhamid, quarzazate (car)
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03.11.03
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1140
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rest day
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quarzazate
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04.11.03
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62,84
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11,60
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5:25:03
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41,9
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1410
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1300
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1959
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Lac d'Ifni
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05.11.03
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12,71
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4,01
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3:08:32
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23,5
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1430
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480
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2840
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06.11.03
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~7
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~3
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1450
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1090
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3200
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Tizi-n-Ouanoume pass(3670 m) – Mt. Jbel Toubkal
(4167 m), climb up to 3820m
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07.11.03
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77,62
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16,98
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4:34:02
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47,8
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90
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2729
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471
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Marrakesh
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08.11.03
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471
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rest day
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Marrakesh
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09.11.03
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transfer
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Casablanca (car)
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min
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12,71
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4,01
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0:43:16
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23,5
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90
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100
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209
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max
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129,15
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25,80
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6:00:39
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52,2
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1519
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2729
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3200
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avg
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60,36
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15,18
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4:06:23
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41,2
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753
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837
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1144
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sum
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724,26
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49:16:41
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9794
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10879
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