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Caption: HIKING THE TALLEST PEAK IN MOROCCO (Yes, this is really Morocco)
Caption: At 13,600ft, it’s no joke, and we ascended over 8,000ft and covered 23 miles over two days in the High Atlas mountains. In recently spent 2 weeks in Morocco, and one of the highlights was hiking Jebel Toubkal, the highest peak in the country.
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Caption: Starting from the town of Imlil, we ascended over 4500 ft to the refuge.
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Caption: Refuge Toubkal les Mouflons, home for dinner and a short nights sleep.
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Caption: We got an alpine start...you want to be up high for sunrise! The stars were incredible as we climbed towards the ridge.
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Caption: Sunrise revealed a spectacular landscape that kinda looked like...Colorado?
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Caption: Holy wow.
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Caption: You might be thinking that Morocco is hot all the time. Not true 😅 The shadow created by Toubkal.
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Caption: I bet you had no idea Morocco could look like this. I sure didn’t. 🤯
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Caption: Summit friends
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Caption: Eventually, it was time to head down. And down, and down. Day 2 was 13 miles, 3400 ft of up...and 8,000 ft of down. Tired legs.
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Caption: Such an incredible experience. I love visiting places and coming away with experiences I never expected.