Day 2 - 35.5km

2nd stage map B

2nd stage Map A

Khermou to Jebel El Otfal

0km: Go S/SE (166) to enter Amessoui jebel pass

2.1km: cross track, stony ground

3.8km: start of pass go S/SW (209)

4km: 1st Amessoui jebel crossing, cross the valley

4.8km:start of 2nd uphill section

5km: descend following the small path

5.5km: undulating terrain go S(188) to avoid the very stony ground until CP1

6.2km: flat terrain go SW until CP1

11.4km: CP1 on the banks of the Tijekht wadi, go W (282) until the foot of the jebel

13km: deceptively flat uphill section, slightly undulating

13.7km: climb up Hered Asfer jebel. Follow marked path over the crest then cross hilly ground

17.8km: go down into the valley a little way before the rocks in the form of a ruin

18.1km: go W/NW until CP2

20.3km: CP2 in the middle of valley, Go W until 22km

22km: cross the Rheris wadi going W/SW

22.6km: exit wadi, continue in same direction over flat terrain until CP3

24.2km: cross track

28.3km: hillock on the RHside

28.8km:CP 3 before El Otfal jebel. Go SW for a difficult uphill climb. 25% gradient on average until you reach the top

30.8km: top of jebel. Turn left for around 100m

30.9km: turn right to return to the wadi bed

31km: rocky wadi bed. downhill stretch

32.3km: end of downhill stretch in the wadi bed, cross the very stony plain

33.4km: enter dunes

34.7km: exit dunes

35.5km: arrive at bivouac