Climbing Toubkal
what the f*ck is this
Before we go any further let me just give you a brief breakdown of what we're gonna do in this video
So we're currently in Morocco, and we're headed towards the village called Imlil
That's where the first part of the ascent begins. The climb itself will take about two days
We start at the village of Imlil and trek for about five hours through steep mountainous terrain
up to the snow line and the CAF Refuge
at 3,200 metres. This is also where we're gonna spend the night. On day two we start early.
We climb to the top for about three hours
hopefully reaching in time for the sunrise.
At 4,167 meters mount Toubkal is the highest peak in the Atlas mountain chain,
Northern Africa and the Arab world. Okay, I think that covers the basics, so let's go back to the video.
Okay, let's recap so we just finished a two-hour trek covering 5.6. kilometers and gaining about 600 meters in elevation
We're currently at the halfway point between Imlil and the refuge and I know this place doesn't look like much
but there's an interesting story behind it.
Sidi Chamharauch is the name of the sultan of gems or the king of devils. As it stands now and consists of small number of
houses and shops that surround a big white stone
under which lies the tomb of Chamharouch. As our guide told the us some Moroccan people believe that the place has magical powers. So people
from all over the region apparently visit the shrine to make animal sacrifices in order to be released from their personal
Demon or disease which in turn cures them. Okay enough with this the break is over
Yeah, best of luck to you!
Kinda want to see him go down.
How did he get up with the bike?
You okay? Hey?
I was doing OK until the big rocks down there.
Yeah, I'll just... maybe I'll break a bone, but I'll be okay. Okay, take two. Is it ready? Ready. cheers man!
Oh I hope he makes it!
All right! Yeah well done! crazy
So we made it to the CAF refuge just before sundown and I did try to film inside
But as you can hear the audio is quite bad
It took us around three hours to cover the remaining 5.4 kilometers from Chamharouch to the refuge and in the process we gained
An additional 800 meters in elevation. As you can see from my face I'm pretty dead after that
Since we were planning to reach the top before the sunrise we had to wake up early on day 2 at around 3:00 a.m.
During the final climb we were supposed to cover around 3 kilometers of steep terrain in
roughly, three hours while gaining an additional thousand meters in elevation
Unfortunately what you see now is the only footage of I have available of that morning
since my GoPro does not work well at night. And in case you don't believe me, have a look at this
Ok and with that in mind let me just show you what the sunrise looks like at the top of the mountain
And that is it ladies and gentlemen!
After today climb we got to the table of Morocco's highest mountain
It was definitely not as technical as Triglav or as challenging as Kilimanjaro, but it was still a tough journey
I highly recommend it if you're looking for a more adventurous type of holiday
It's definitely not your usual Moroccan experience
Oh is that Imlil?
So far away
So here we are in the hotel after the rock climb and
Now it's time for our first Q&A of this episode. I'm gonna be all emp.... ah
Silent and all. So what do you think about the climb? it was good huh? it was very good!