So we went. Two of us. Had a couple of days over 45 degrees but by then we'd already had a few days in Spain at 40 plus. I think we go acclimatised!
Ignored some advice but followed most. Black helmets, black bikes and rode all day but did wear vented jackets and had hydration packs.
I loaded mine with electrolyte tabs and made sure I sipped it all day.
Doing cirque de Jaffar we managed to drink 5 litres of water during the day!
Couldn't make it through to Imilchil from Midelt as rains (!) had washed the road out East of Imilchil. So we left the panniers in Midelt and did the cirque and back.
Lots of washed out sections covered in soft gravel even so.
Popped down to Erg Chebi and then passed back over the Atlas via todra gorge. Ran out of time to do Marrakesh, Casablanca etc.
Had an excellent trip, no big problems with Ramadan; in fact we got invited to a Berber guys house to break fast (although it proved to be a long winded carpet selling game) which was excellent.
I had a blast and now I've got the hang of it; I'll be back soon, maybe when its cooler though!
|