Bagging 4,000m peaks in Morocco

January 17, 2018 Trip reports africa, aguelzim, akioud, atlas mountains, edita, high atlas, imouzzer, jebel toubkal, ke adventure travel, morocco, ouanoukrim, pathfinders treks, tibherine east, trekking 0 Comment

It was arranged at very short notice, but our brief visit to the High Atlas over Christmas and New Year, was as enjoyable as any week’s holiday I’ve ever had, as we based ourselves in Toubkal Refuge and picked off a few 4,000m peaks.

Is this the world’s strangest summit cairn?

January 3, 2018 History africa, atlas mountains, jebel toubkal, morocco, tibherine east 11 Comments

I’ve seen all sorts of strange things on mountain summits, including crosses, prayer flags, statues of the Virgin Mary, radio masts, Ordnance Survey trig points, and even one or two restaurants, but this has to be the strangest thing yet.