Morocco !!!
After 7 years of delay, the trip is
finally on !! The plan is to stay on location to scout and organize as
well as possible. So Alex and I drove with the 5 boats on the roof and
the rest of the crew meets us by plane in Marrakech later.
45h
of driving and ferrying gets us to Tilouguite, further up Lake Bin El
Ouidane. Amazing landscape all along the way. The village of TIolouguite
was our base camp for the whole trip and it is a great starting point.
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Bin El Ouidane LakeMorocco !!!
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Tilouguite Village
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| Traveling around |
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One thing we learnt in Morocco : don't try to stick
to a plan or schedule !!! You'll loose time, energy and money. Moving is
slow and weather changes quickly. We've been super lucky and within one
day of driving plus one day of donkey hiking, we've been able to spend 4
days on the water along 100km of class IV-V kayaking.
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| Classic Moroccan view |
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| Awesome blue sky |
From the top of Akka Tiflout, merging on
the Assif Meloul, then on the Oued Ahensal. It's easy to get food on
your way, you find many villages on on the riverside. Though, it is
always good to have water filter, food supplies for 1 day at least and a
lighter.
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| Lunch !! Bread and tuna |
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| Easy times |
Later on, we got lucky with the rain and been able to first D a small steep canyon in Tilouguite.
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| Scouting the canyon |
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| And dropping |
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| 2Km of awesome slides |
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| Stephane Pion Charging |
And as a last mission, we decided to run
the famous drop section on Oued Ouzoud downstream the huge waterfalls.
It took us 2 days to get the authorization after driving 200km between :
The Hydro Agency to the local authorities to the regional authorities
to end up at the governmental authorities… But it was worth it and we
then spent two days hitting those amazing drops in this amazing (but
REALLY touristic) place.
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| Ouzoud Falls put in |
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| Myself on one of the first drop |
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| Alex going for some freestyle move |
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| The crew enjoying |
This has been an awesome trip and we'll come again since there is so much more to discover or rediscover !!!
Thanks to Beyo for accommodation, Moha and Lahoucine for guiding, Momo for the Ouzoud help !!!
Videos are coming soon !!!
Photos : Hugo Clouzeau, Stephane Pion, Louis Hetier, Mathieu Coldebella
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| Thanks guys for the trip |
