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This guidebook to trekking in the Atlas mountains of North Africa includes comprehensive coverage of the culture, history and architecture of the Berber people, as well as such practical matters as food, accommodation and travel.
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Paperback edition of classic story of modern adventuring
The Atlas Mountains of Morocco offer an incredible variety of scenery, climate and terrain, where the Berbers' way of life has changed little in a thousand years. There are also opportunities to walk and climb throughout the year, making it a particularly desirable destination for the outdoor enthusiast. This new edition, now fully updated, provides you with all the information to help make your trip a successful one.The guide includes a useful introduction providing all the practical advice you will require as a visitor to Morocco. Detailed descriptions of walks to the three regions of Toubkal, Mgoun Massif and Jebel Sahro are given, and there is a separate chapter on other areas for walking in Morocco.A comprehensive appendix is also included, outlining useful addresses, bibliography and a glossary with information on the traverses and ski-touring possibilities in the area.
First published in 1895, this book recounts the author's 1893 expedition to the Tafilet oasis in Morocco, one of the largest oases in the world. Previously largely inaccessible (before the invention of the motor car it was at least 10 days' journey south of Fez across the Atlas mountains and the Sahara), Harris took advantage of the Sultan of Morocco Mulai el Hassen's decision to pay a visit to the oasis during the autumn of that year. Throughout the book the author describes in great detail the places he visited and the people he met along the way. There are detailed descriptions of Marrakesh and the villages of the Atlas Mountains, as well as ruminations on the differences between the Arab...
Robert Grant Haliburton spent his last years proposing the existence of a distinctive tribal group of small stature within the Atlas Mountains and vicinity. He collected local stories and eyewitness accounts of this "dwarf people," debated critics, and published theories. These curious tales disappeared (or at least were never investigated fully) after Haliburton died, but he left an anthropological legacy that serves as a cautionary tale (or perhaps a starting point for future investigation).
An inspirational guidebook detailing how to complete the most rewarding treks and climbs on the best of the High Atlas mountains in Morocco. The range has endless tops of over 3000m and some over 4000m. Traveling through the valleys is every bit as important to experience the welcoming Berber people and their culture.