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25th SULTAN MDS ROADBOOK
Typical stage - stage 1 - stage 2 - stage 3 - stage 4 - stage 5 - stage 6
STAGE N°2 : KHERMOU / JEBEL EL OTFAL – 35,5 Km
Km 0 : Go S/SE (bearing 166°) to enter Amessoui jebel pass.
Km 2,1 : Cross track. Stony ground.
Km 3,8 : Start of pass. Go S/SW (bearing 209°).
Km 4 : 1st Amessoui jebel crossing. Same direction. Cross the valley.
Km 4,8 : Start of 2nd uphill section.
Km 5 : Top. Descend following the small path.
Km 5,5 : End of descent. Undulating terrain. Go South (bearing 188°) to avoid the very stony ground until CP1.
Km 6,2 : Flat terrain. Go S/W (bearing 219°) until CP1.
Km 11,4 : CP1 on the banks of the Tijekht wadi, amongst the acacias. Go West (bearing 282°) until you reach the foot of the jebel.
Km 13 : Deceptively flat uphill section, slightly undulating.
Km 13,7 : Start of climb up Hered Asfer jebel. Follow marked path over the crest then crossing hilly ground.
Km 17,8 : Go down into the valley a little way before the rocks in the form of a ruin.
Km 18,1 : Valley. Go W/NW (bearing 298°) until CP2
Km 20,3 : CP2 in the middle of the valley. Go West (bearing 271°) until Km 22.

Km 22 : Cross the Rheris wadi going W/SW (bearing 243°).
Km 22,6 : Exit wadi. Continue in same direction (bearing 243°), over flat terrain until CP 3.
Km 24,2 : Cross track.
Km 28,3 : Hillock on right-hand side.
Km 28,8 : CP 3 before El Otfal jebel. Go SW (bearing 217°) for a difficult uphill climb.
25% gradient on average until you reach the top.
Km 30,8 : Top of jebel. Turn left for around one hundred metres.
Km 30,9 : Turn right to return to the wadi bed.
Km 31 : Rocky wadi bed. Downhill stretch.
Km 32,3 : End of downhill stretch in the wadi bed. Cross the very stony plain.
Km 33,4 : Enter dunes. Take bearing 225°.
Km 34,7 : Exit dunes
Km 35,5 : Arrive at B3.


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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
marabout  
Village
Ruin
Small dunes
Well shaft
Fields
Dry lake
Sand protection-barriers


Map of stage

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