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This photo of 2 aussies and Kit was taken about 500 meters below the peak (which you can barely see above the guy on the left). One wearing jeans and one in khaki shorts and a cotton T, these are likely two of the worst dressed mountain climbers in history.
Imlil to Toubkal

July 1st 2009
After Marrakech, I was happy to escape to the mountains... I was intrigued about 'climbing' the tallest mountain in North Africa, though I knew I could only do it because LP describes it as more of a 'difficult hike' than a climb. I hired a taxi, along with Bryan and Kit, for the two and a half hour journey east through Asni and to Imlil. If you're headed that way, you should haggle hard and you ... read more
Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ » Imlil

Moroccan Flag 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
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