Following our meeting on Saturday I just wanted to give you a brief resume of the planned itinerary for the forthcoming event.
Day 1: After final scruteneering in Nador liaison 200kms to start of the first special stage: 250kms with lots of camel grass, sand dunes, ravines, fech/fech, and drier river beds. Regrouping near Figuig then 6km night stage in dried riverbed. Autonomous bivouac with support vehicles
Day 2: 75 kms liaison, 65 kms hors piste on irritrack ( most direct route counts), 50 kms hard trial event in canyon, 35 kms water /river stage, 75 kms road liaison. Autonomous bivouac near Boudenib with support vehicles.
Day 3: 125kms stage regularity stage (average speed will count), last technical support before 300kms special stage: rock fields,river crossing, fech/fech, lots of fast piste. Autonomous bivouac not support vehicle as no repairs allowed that evening.
Day 4: 5 am start, 5 special stages ( water, mud, rock crawling, deep river,..)Night in Zagora with support trucks
Day 5: Morning to put cars back together!! Hill race 8kms, 45kms fast piste, gorges, large dunes. Night at Moroccan Bivouac near Mahamid.
Day 6: Sand trial, crossing of large dunes (Erg), cliff hanger, 170kms salt lake, night time incredible climb (sand and rocks), autonomous bivouac with support trucks near Foum z guid.
Day 7: Rock crawling, fast piste, winching, … autonomous bivouac with support trucks 300kms for the day. Autonomous bivouac with support trucks near Tizi-n-Test.
Day 8: Winching challenge, liaison to Marrakech price giving and hotel.
And this it all that the organiser dare tell us!!!!!
Basically 60% more miles than last year and harder than last year.