Ben Amera Day Six

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Rendezvous a Casablanca
Shirley on Rendezvous a Casablanca.

On day six, we climbed a line called Rendezvous a Casablanca on Ben Amera; 7 pitches long and rated 6a+. This one does not top out and instead you’re rapping down a low angle route that follows this cool looking black dyke. It was probably the best climbing of the trip: the usual slabs and edges were augmented with a pitch of dihedral and crack climbing (fully bolted).

Photos

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Off to breakfast (Nov. 2024).
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A baby goat (probably got stuck in the tree by itself) marks the start of the route (Nov. 2024).
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Dah and Mohammad are already at the base of Rendezvous a Casablanca (Nov. 2024).
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Racking up. Photo by Dah (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley belaying me on pitch 1. Photo by Dah (Nov. 2024).
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A bit higher on pitch 1 of Rendezvous a Casablanca (Nov. 2024).
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Views from the first belay (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley starting up pitch 1.  Photo by Dah (Nov. 2024).
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A different perspective on Shirley starting up (Nov. 2024).
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More of Shirley on pitch 1. Photo by Dah (Nov. 2024).
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Slightly wider angle view. Dah collection (Nov. 2024).
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The obvious dihedral is climbed on pitch 3 of the route (Nov. 2024).
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Leading pitch 2 of Rendezvous a Casablanca (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley starting pitch 2 (Nov. 2024).
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Views of our camp from the second belay (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley arriving at the second belay (Nov. 2024).
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Starting the lead of pitch 3 of Rendezvous a Casablanca (Nov. 2024).
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The cool dihedrals on pitch 3 (Nov. 2024).
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Pitch 3.  Probably the most varied climbing of the whole trip (Nov. 2024).
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More pitch 3 (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley starting pitch 3 (Nov. 2024).
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Views from the third belay.  Our camp about to be engulfed by sunshine (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley on pitch 3 (Nov. 2024).
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A closer look (Nov. 2024).
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Arriving at the third belay station (Nov. 2024).
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Leading pitch 4 of Rendezvous a Casablanca (Nov. 2024).
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Higher on pitch 4 (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley starting pitch 4 of Rendezvous a Casablanca (Nov. 2024).
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Our camp from the 4th belay, now fully engulfed by sunshine (Nov. 2024).
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Pitch 4 (Nov. 2024).
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Leading pitch 5 (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley on pitch 5 (Nov. 2024).
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Views of Ben Aicha from high on Rendezvous a Casablanca route (Nov. 2024).
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Leading pitch 6 (Nov. 2024).
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Views from the sixth belay (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley and I near the top of Rendezvous a Casablanca. Photo by Dah, probably from camp (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley on pitch 6 (Nov. 2024).
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Pitch 7 of Rendezvous a Casablanca (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley on pitch 7 (Nov. 2024).
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Ben Aicha from top of Rendezvous a Casablanca on Ben Amera (Nov. 2024).
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Traversing to the rappels. Our pitch 8 (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley looking for the rap bolts (Nov. 2024).
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Rapping down Mauritanides Voyages (Nov. 2024).
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Shirley rapping down Mauritanides Voyages route (Nov. 2024).
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Views from the rappel (Nov. 2024).
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Going down a fat dyke…wait (Nov. 2024).
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One more of Shirley rapping (Nov. 2024).
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Traversing the base of Ben Amera back towards the pick up point (Nov. 2024).
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What time is it? Why it’s post-climb tea time, old chap.
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Tea time in a village shop while we wait for the electricity and cell service to come back (Nov. 2024).
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Hanging out in the village (Nov. 2024).
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Passenger train in the village of Ben Amera (Nov. 2024).
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Evening in the village (Nov. 2024).
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Ben Amera’s south face in the fading light (Nov. 2024).

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