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Roadbook
Typical stage
STAGE N°1 : IRHS / KHERMOU - 29,3 Km
STAGE N°2 : KHERMOU / JEBEL EL OFTAL - 35 Km
STAGE N°3 : JEBEL EL OFTAL / JEBEL ZIREG OUEST – 32,3 Km
28-29/03/2007 STAGE N°4 : JEBEL ZIREG OUEST / OUEST DU KFIROUN
70,5 Km

30/03/2007 STAGE N°5 : OUEST DU KFIROUN/ ERG CHEBBI - 42,2 Km
31/03/2007 STAGE N°6 : ERG CHEBBI / MERZOUGA - 11,7 Km
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24/03/07 - Géraldine Courdesses
24/03/07 - Lahcen Ahansal
25/03/07 - Jorge Aubeso Martine
25/03/07 - Philippe Remond
26/03/07 - John Wai-shing N°-354/ Ngae Koh Hieng N°-138/ Tan Tahming N°- 103
26/03/07 - Laurence FRICOTTAUX D- 347
27/03/07 - Gérard BOURRAT D23
27/03/07 - Widy GREGO D264
28/03/07 - Orlando MARIANI (IT – D 388)
28/03/07 - Touda DIDI (MOR – D 6)
28/03/07 - Valérie PONS DE VIERS (FR – D 480)
29/03/07 - Sandro MINDER (Switzerland – D 438)
29/03/07 - Mohamed Aboukhalil (F – D 234) Issam El Zein (Sen – D 139)
29/03/07 - Anna SUTTON (GB – D 546)
30/03/07 - Odile HOCHARD (D342, FRA) Gérard DELAVAUD (D 341 FRA)
30/03/07 - Alfred WITTING (AL – D 100)
30/03/07 - Mark CROSS (NWZ – D 503)
31/03/07 - Fabien DEBAUCHERON (F – D 164)
31/03/07 - Veronika TROXLER (POL– D 459)
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22nd MDS ROADBOOK
28-29/03/2007 STAGE N°4 : JEBEL ZIREG OUEST / OUEST DU KFIROUN
70,5 Km
Km 0 : Take N/W direction (bearing 58°) aiming for sandy pass through Jebel Zireg.
Km 3,2 : Summit of pass between the hills. Descent into valley, going alongside hill on your left.
Km 4,5 : Ground is quite stony.
Km 6 : Go left in the sandy pass
Km 6,9 : Exit pass. Cross plain, heading for CP1 (N/NE), rocky peak on left.
Km 8,8 : Cross track.
Km 10,5 : CP1 in middle of valley. Continue to the east, hill on your left.
Km 14,8 : End of the valley, rocky peak on your right. Continue with hill on your left.
Km 16,6 : Short passage between hills after slightly upward slope.
Km 17,1 : Second passage entre reliefs sur terrain plus ou moins caillouteux.
Second passage between hills on quite stony ground.
Km 20,4 : Go left up sandy pass.
Km 21 : CP2 in the pass. Take E/NE direction (bearing 62°) to cross oued Rheris and reach CP3.
Km 21 : CP2 in the pass. Take E/NE direction (bearing 62°) to cross oued Rheris and reach CP3.
Km 22 : Cross oued Rheris. Packed earth, fech-fech and tamarisk trees (bearing 62°).
Km 24,5 : Exit oued. Same direction (bearing 62°).
Km 27 : Beginning of dunes. Same direction (bearing 62°) until CP3.
Km 29,5 : CP3 at end of dunes. Take E/SE direction (bearing 107°).
Km 30,5 : Dwellings. Sandy climb towards jebel Foum Al Hopaht.
Km 32 : Summit of jebel after a steep 150m climb (nearly 25%).
Tricky descent over 50m then take footpath in the oued river bed.
Km 33 : End of descent. Take east direction (78°) until CP4. Stony valley.
Km 34,5 : Enter dunes. Keep east direction (bearing 78°) until CP4.
Km 42 : CP4 before rocky peaks. Take bearing 28° to exit dunes.
Km 44 : Exit dunes. Slightly rocky terrain.
Keep same N/NE direction, passing to the right of rocky peak.
Km 44,5 : Cross oued. Alternating sand and stones.
Km 47 : Rocky peak on your left. Keep N/NE (bearing 28°) until CP5.
Undulating ground with alternating sand and stones, then slightly stony ground.
Km 47 : Rocky peak on your left. Keep N/NE (bearing 28°) until CP5.
Undulating ground with alternating sand and stones, then slightly stony ground.
Km 52 : CP5. Take N/E direction (bearing 52°) on slightly stony ground.
Km 53,7 : Cross track. Undulating terrain, few stones.
Km 55,2 : Sandy oued river bed. Take E/NE direction (bearing 60°).
Km 57 : Trees and fields on right. Oued vegetation.
Km 59,8 : Occasional small dunes.
Km 61,5 : Go around the hills, leaving them on your left to avoid very uneven terrain.
Take N/NW (bearing 339°) until CP6.
Km 64 : CP6. Take straight east direction (bearing 90°) until bivouac. Flat ground, few stones.
Km 66,5 : Alternating dunes and slightly stony ground until bivouac, same easterly bearing (90°).
Km 70,5 : Bivouac N°5.
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Dunes
Mountainous reliefs
Vegetation
Sandy
Stony
Big stones
Oued
(River bed)
Raised
Tamaris
(Tree)
Palm tree
Crevice
Bivouac
Check-point
Track
Village
Ruin
Small dunes
Well shaft
Fields
Dry lake


Map of the stage
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