Checkpoint two for the second edition of the #moroccobikeadventure 2021 will be at Erg Chebbi – the pink colour sand dunes located between the town of Merzouga and the Algerian border.
Photo : Steffen Streich – The first finisher of Morocco Bike-Adventure 2019.
He is an Ultra endurance bicycle racer, living on Lesvos island, Greece. Steffen participated and won many ultra endurance bikepacking events including the inaugural 7400km NorthCape-Tarifa.com bike adventure – the longest road bikepacking event!
His solo sprint of 757 km, 12,512 vertical climbing into the finish line in Tarifa in 44 hours, is an impressive example of human mind and body working together for hours and days back to back making and incredible Victory. True grit!
This place experience at the moment 60 degrees celsius as soon the sun is up. Unpossible to stay outside. And people living there don’t own airconditionings.
Rob Packham in the MBA2019. Sadly he had a crash and injured a rib. He is hardcore and tryed to go on, but had to scratch after 2 more days on his bike.
In a weather like this , u trying to stay at the edge of the road, but the wind pushes u in the middle of the road, and it leaving u about 4 meters to see. South of Morocco.
While working on the website I came again over this photo with Daniel in the descent from Tizi-n’Ouano 2910m, with almost 3000m altitude one of the highest drivable roads in north Africa. Steffen told me, it was one of the best downhills in his life. I waited on the route up there with my camera and the 200mm objective mounted. Without mobile access it was difficult to catch him and while waiting for him, i had a nice chat with a kit looking for the sheeps of the family up in the mountains. He was very interested about the world, about my gear, about the riders and he knew a lot. He remembered exactly the date of the early snowfall a year ago, that made it unpossible for me, to cross the pass with my bike, even i made it higher up as any car, and i had to return at about 2500m altitude where more then 1m snow was on the road. The boy had only old sandals on his feet. And after i made the last Photos from Daniel, already far down, he asked, if i have some old shoes for him. Sadly i had only the one i weard myself. But he was very happy, when i offered him a pack of chips.
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