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| STAGE
N°3 : OUED EL JDAID / BA HALLOU – 40,5
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Km
0 :
Go S/W (bearing 218°) until Km 6.3. Slight upwards slope. Series of very
small stony glens and sandy wadis.
Km 5 :
Stay a bit on the left of valley, passing rocky mountain peak on your right.
Km 6,3 :
Rocky mountain peak on your right. Go S/W (bearing 222°) until CP1.
Km 8,1 :
Cross sandy wadi then slightly stony terrain in middle of occasional dunes.
Km 9,5 :
Enter dunes. Take bearing 222° to cross the erg.
Km 13 :
End of dunes. CP1. Go alongside dunes on your right. General direction is W/SW
(bearing 250°) until Km 18.4.
Km 18,4 :
End of dunes. Go West (bearing 281°) until km 19.5. Stony.
Km 19,5 :
Foot of Foum Al Hopaht jebel. Climb in narrow gorge.
Km 20,5 :
Jebel summit. Difficult descent over 200m.
Km 20,7 :
End of difficult part of descent. Sandy descent, heading west (bearing 280°).
Km 22,7 :
Beginning of dunes. Take bearing 288° to cross the erg.
Km 25,5 :
CP2 at end of dunes. Go N/W (bearing 313°). Not very stony.
Km 25,9 :
Go into dunes. Take bearing 313° to cross erg.
Km 28,8 :
End of dunes. Go North (355°) to reach CP3.
Km 30 :
Cross track. Go alongside Rheris wadi on your left. Packed earth.
Km 34,3 :
CP3 to left of a small hill. Go N/NW (bearing 348°). Packed earth.
Km 37,3 :
Ba Hallou ruins on your right. Go N/W (bearing 330°). Small dunes.
Km 39,8 :
End of small dunes. Gravel.
Km 40,5 :
Finish line. Bivouac n°4. |
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Dunes |
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Mountainous reliefs |
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Vegetation |
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Sandy |
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Stony |
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Big stones |
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Oued
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Raised |
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Tamaris
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Palm tree |
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Crevice |
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Bivouac |
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Check-point |
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Track |
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Village |
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Ruin |
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Small dunes |
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Well shaft |
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Fields |
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Dry lake |
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Sand protection-barriers |
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Map of stage
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