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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
30/03/2007 STAGE N°5 : OUEST DU KFIROUN/ ERG CHEBBI - 42,2 Km
Km 0 : Take SE direction (bearing 131°) until Km 2.6 to cross stony plateau and oued Ziz.
Km 0,7 : End of plateau. Descent towards valley of Ziz.
Km 1,4 : Edge of oued Ziz. Very uneven, packed earth, vegetation.
Km 2,5 : ATTENTION! Big crevice in oued river bed. Tricky passage.
Km 2,6 : Exit Ziz. Salt flats. Take E/SE direction (bearing 119°) until Km 6.5.
Km 3,6 : End of lake.
Km 4,2 : Follow branch of oued, same direction.
Km 5,9 : Cross big track.
Km 6,5 : Follow branch of sandy oued between hills, east direction (bearing 90°) until Km 9.3.
Km 9,3 : Exit gorge. Take NE direction until CP1.
Km 10,5 : CP1. Take direction NE (bearing 48°) until CP2. Undulating ground until Km 13.3.
Km 11,6 : Cross track.
Km 12,2 : Small dwellings on left. Oued with mound of earth.
Km 13,3 : Flat ground, not very stony.
Km 15,8 : Cross several tracks.
Km 17,1 : End of plateau. Keep NE (bearing 48°)
Km 18,9 : Oued Beg’a. Small dunes.
Km 19,9 : Flat ground. Occasional small dunes. Hills on left.
Km 21 : CP2 in middle of small dunes. Take N/NE direction (bearing 28°) until Km 27,5.
Km 21 : CP2 in middle of small dunes. Take N/NE direction (bearing 28°) until Km 27,5.
Km 25 : Enter erg Znaïgui. Bearing 28° to cross erg.
Km 27,5 : Exit erg. Take N/NE direction (bearing 15°) until CP3.
Km 28,1 : Cross oued Khnag. Sandy with small dunes.
Km 29,5 : Exit oued. Slightly stony.
Km 31,2 : CP3 on small hill. Take straight north (bearing 01°) until bivouac. Go alongside branch of oued on your left.
Km 32,7 : Stony plateau, quite flat.
Km 33,7 : Cross big track.
Km 38,2 : Undulating terrain until bivouac. Keep straight north (bearing 01°).
Km 42,2 : Bivouac N°6.
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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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