Anti-Atlas Adventure part 3 – the Samazar Valley
The Samazar Valley runs parallel and to the north of the Anammer Valley, which contains many of the more frequented crags such as Ksar Rock and Eagle Crag. Strictly speaking, […]
The Samazar Valley runs parallel and to the north of the Anammer Valley, which contains many of the more frequented crags such as Ksar Rock and Eagle Crag. Strictly speaking, […]
The Kasbah Tizourgane, our base for the remaining 4 nights of our trip, is about an hour’s drive north of Tafraout and gives access to a lifetime’s worth of climbing […]
I had a great week with Tash and Jake a few years ago, exploring the trad quartzite climbing on offer in the Jebel Kest mountains in Morocco. You’ll find some […]
The week has flown by and it’s our last day, but with a flight at 8pm there’s still the opportunity for a final route or two before we leave Morocco. […]
This is described in the guidebook as “a major mountain crag with some of the best extreme climbing in the region” but unfortunately it lies in the Samazar Valley. We’d […]
Today’s plan for a Tash and Dad multi-pitch adventure was put briefly on hold to check out the Souk in Ida Ougnidif on market day. It was rammed, with dozens […]
The Thumb is an impressive 300m high quartzite lump on the Tizi Escarpment, which dominates the skyline above the village of Assldrar. It has perhaps the highest concentration of long […]
Another glorious day – people keep telling us that December is often rainy or even snowy, and only last week the climbers staying at the Kasbah only managed a couple […]
Tash, Jake and I are off for a week of (hopefully) sunny climbing in Morocco, staying at the Kasbah Tizourgane on the northern side of the Jebel el Kest mountains. […]
The south side of the Afantinzar valley is dominated by Lower Eagle crag – about 200m high and a kilometer wide. Shady for most of the day, we’d watched it […]