A nice climb

Day 4 - Long Stage

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April 3rd 2008
Just in in about 11 hours. I really emptied myself today, I have never been on my feet for so long or for such a distance in my life. I stopped for some food and a change of socks at 6.5 hours just as the leader ca,e storming through (the top 50 started 2 hours behind the field today. There were 4 jebels today, the first with a 25 percent on average slope, like the really steep part of the sugarlo ... read more

Africa » Morocco

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more