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Todra

Todra Gorge.

Next day, a pre-arranged cab showed up to take us to Todra Gorge some 2-3 hours away. The drive stretched a bit longer with frequent scenic viewpoints including the Dades Gorge and countless kasbahs in the villages. Given that we had no Todra guidebook with us, the driver took us to a guest house (Dar Tiwira) where the owner’s son Abdul happened to be a climber who not only had a guidebook but also an intimate knowledge of the routes in the Gorge. That afternoon we hiked 20 minutes to The Gorge and climbed the friendly Pierre Et Le Loup – 5-pitch 5+ though we got rained off from the last, easy pitch.

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In the name of love!

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Views early on during our drive from Oussikis to Todra (May 2017).

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This is somewhere in the Dades Gorge (May 2017).

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More roadside sights (May 2017).

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Another village somewhere in Dades Gorge (May 2017).

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Our driver Aziz and Shirley at Dades Gorge (May 2017).

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Dades Gorge, including a hotel patio (May 2017).

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One in five mosques would have a storks’ nest atop its minaret (May 2017).

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I think this is the town of Boumalne at the far end of the Dades Gorge (May 2017).

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Center of Boumalne (May 2017).

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More views of Boumalne (May 2017).

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Chilling at the comfortable Maison D’Hotes Tiwira.

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The walls of Todra Gorge (May 2017).

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On the short approach to the Pierre Et Le Loup route in Todra Gorge (May 2017).

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Leading pitch 1 of Pierre Et Le Loup route on Les Pieds Dans l’Eau formation. Easy climbing but nice location for soaking up the Todra Gorge ambiance (May 2017).

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Topping out on pitch 1 (May 2017).

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Shirley starting up pitch 2 of Pierre Et Le Loup (May 2017).

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Views up-canyon from somewhere on Pierre Et Le Loup route (May 2017).

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Shirley on pitch 3 of Pierre Et Le Loup (May 2017).

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Probably the crux of the route (May 2017).

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Shirley leading pitch 4 in a light drizzle right before a brief downpour caught us and we rapped (May 2017).

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Happy Shirley on the way down.  The rain subsided (May 2017).

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The climbing shop just outside of the Gorge.  It’s an effigy of a dumb tourist on a via ferreta apparently (May 2017).

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Back at the Tiwira Guesthouse (May 2017).

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