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FIELD NOTES · VOL. 08

A Season of
High Passes


31.6° N, 65.7° E

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Alentejo, Portugal

DAY 06 OF 14

38.0° N, 7.9° W

NEXT DISPATCH — SUNDAY

DESTINATIONS

Three places we keep
returning to

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No. 01

Wadi Rum

JORDAN — 29.5° N, 35.4° E

No. 02

The Atlas

MOROCCO — 31.1° N, 7.9° W

No. 03

Faroe Islands

DENMARK — 62.0° N, 6.8° W

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The High Atlas Traverse

12 DAYS · MOROCCO · ON FOOT

From the rooftops of Marrakech to the Atlantic at Essaouira, a slow crossing of North Africa’s highest range — mule tracks, Berber villages, and one very early summit morning.

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DAY 01

Marrakech

Arrive as the light goes amber. Mint tea on a rooftop in the medina, a last gear check at dusk.

DAY 03

Imlil — 1,740 m

The road ends and the mule track begins. Walnut groves, then the first cold air off the ridge.

DAY 06

Toubkal Summit — 4,167 m

A 4 a.m. start under full stars. From the top, the Sahara is a rumour on the southern horizon.

DAY 12

Essaouira

The Atlantic, finally. Gulls, blue boats, and the long exhale of a trip well walked.

PHOTO JOURNAL

Pages from the field

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Dawn over the dunes, somewhere past the last fuel stop.

NO. 014 · ERG CHEBBI

Tea, poured from height. Always from height.

NO. 015 · IMLIL

The blue hour arrives twice in Chefchaouen.

NO. 016 · CHEFCHAOUEN

A page from the notebook — torn out, kept anyway.

NO. 017 · FIELD NOTES

Noon on the salt. No shade for forty kilometres.

NO. 018 · CHOTT EL JERID

The road home, which is never quite straight.

NO. 019 · ROUTE N9