Saturday, 5 July 2014

Packed and ready to go!

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All the clothes we thought we needed were laid out on the bed, we then proceeded to reduce them by half, knowing from past experience that we will never get it all in along with sleeping bags etc!

To be packed 1!

To be packed 2!


Bags packed!

The bags are packed, decided to use our existing blue ones rather than use the new gold ones! Heading to Gatwick first thing tomorrow to catch our flight to Marrakesh. 

The walk will start on Monday, we are anticipating no internet access so we will not be able to provide updates during the trek. To give you an idea on where we at each day the schedule is provided below. Wish us luck and remember to sponsor us if you already have not!

Monday 07/07/2014
Trek to Timichi, camp - 4.5 hours, 16km

Tuesday 08/07/2014
Trek to Azib Tiferguine, camp - 6 hours, 17km

Wednesday 09/07/2014
Summit Adrar N'Oukaimrden (3,257m) following Tizi N'Eddi pass (2,928m) before heading to our mountain gite - 6 hours, 10km

Thursday 10/07/2014
A demanding trek to the Tizi N'Likemt pass (3,615m) then on to the pastures of Likemt (2,600m), camp - 6.5 hours, 11km

Friday 11/07/2014
Early start to summit Jebel Adrar n'Dern (4,001m) then on to our camp at Siroua Massifs via Adouz Azibs pasture land - 8 hours, 19km

Saturday 12/07/2014
Trek to the Aourai Pass for our first glimpse of Toubkal then on to the village of Amsouzart, mountain gite - 4 hours, 10km

Sunday 13/07/2014
Cross the valley of Ait Ighrane to Lac d'Ifni (2,300m), camp - 5 hours, 8km

Monday 14/07/2014
Trek up the Ouanoums Gorge to Tizi n'Ouanoums pass (3,680m) then on to Toubkal base camp (3,207m), mountain gite - 7 hours, 9km

Tuesday 15/07/2014
Summit Jebel Toubkal (4,167m) before heading back to Toubkal base camp and the mountain gite - 7 hours, 8km

Wednesday 16/07/2014
Summit Jebel Ouanakrim (4,088m) then onto our mountain gite at Aremd (1,900m) - 9 hours, 20km

Thursday 17/07/2014
Trek to the Tizi N'Mzik pass (2,500m), then on to our camp at Tizi Oussem - 5.5 hours, 9km

Friday 18/07/2014
Trek down to the Ouirgane Nature Reserve where we pick up our transport back to Marrakesh - 4 hours, 6km

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