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MS77: FZ–Tagounite. Any volunteers?
I’m out here updating Morocco 3 - full colour edition no less, and a great cover.
Among other things I want to add a more interesting version of MS7 - further south in the sands, avoiding the bone-shaking piste, then out NE via the jebel.
But that will be a a struggle alone on a moto in the current conditions.
Much easier in a fourbie with a/c and a passenger alongside taking notes, or pushing.
I have tracklogged a kml off GE (green line). About 170km, fuel to fuel.

Or better still, the deep south version (red arrows).
Looked it up once, seemed doable with some small dune crossings to unravel in the east.
Haven’t made a tracklog for this one, but may be more cross-country anyway, so you just work it out, ground to map, until you reach the cluster of desert camps around El Gouera and pick up the green route.

Anyone familiar with the style of the book want to do me a detailed route description?
Needs to be a genuine live-logged route, not a recollection of something similar you may have done once.
All you have to do is follow my tracklog (within reason) and take notes with KMs and wpts.
Basically, the sort of info you would wish for were you considering doing this yourself.
Would need it by end of May.
Small fee offered.

PM me if you have questions

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Hi Chris, I'm planning to head that way late April early May although exact timing are still tine determined. Also a slim chance I may be that way around the 7th of April.

Planned to look south of the Erg in 2015 but didn't get the time.

I'm heading out in 2 weeks. I think I may have done that north section in 2015. I'll check my track logs.


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Let me know if and when you might do it.
South looks more interesting.
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Sent you a PM Chris,

At the moment its most likely that I'll be that way towards the end of April, we're watching the rally on the 17th and then heading down to Dakhla. Current planning looks like we'll be around Cheggaga for the 27th/28th April.

I leave a week on Wednesday then meet some friends on the 1st to get out across the Rekkam plateau towards Merzuga, the group is preferring the Atlas rather than the desert. I then meet a 2nd lot of friends on the 13th who want to get to the dunes before the end of their trip.

It would be tight to get something to you earlier I think based on current plans
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Timing sounds OK for MS77.

I was also hoping to go via inland WS to Dakhla on this trip. Have some fuel buried halfway that's getting old, but way too hot for that now (for me at least). Will you do/have you done MW6 lately?
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Looks like Pete has all the detail needed


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I was also hoping to go via inland WS to Dakhla on this trip. Have some fuel buried halfway that's getting old, but way too hot for that now (for me at least). Will you do/have you done MW6 lately?
MW6 was my first ever off road route in Morocco . Haven't done its entirety since. I don't think we'll do it this year though. We might do MW1 though, when we head back from the WS to Cheggaga.

If you need any other routes checking let me know and we'll have a look at what we can fit in!
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Hi Chris,

Yes, have got this. It'll take a couple of days to pull it together. The section heading SE from FZ is a real bone shaker. There's a much smoother route that begins a few km further down the Tata road.

Leave it with me,

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... much smoother route that begins a few km further down the Tata road
yes I think I clocked it today - a light-coloured piste just where the tata road turns west?

Thanks for RD.

We talking southern - or green line?
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Hoping to look at this Saturday providing I can get my brakes fixed. Driving Jebel Sahro with no brakes was. ..........interesting

Never seen so many kids sweeping the piste of stones before though
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Done and we needed a lot of to recover.
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Great, thanks. Just spent a few days plotting every track on My Maps for the map designer - MS77 is the missing link.
I take it it's not too chilly down there right now?
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We're in Merzouga at the moment, heading across that way on Monday, we are hoping to give the Southern route a go travelling from Zagora to Tata....... Any pointers or tips?
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Hi Simon, if you're up for it and assuming your planned route is as the yellow arrows, I propose:

• Picking up MS8 as low as possible. Unless you see better, that looks like
'Join MS8' which is: N29° 45.17' W06° 35.53' (or perhaps MS8-KM180, a bit more north). It does not look like there are tracks coming east directly from below the erg where you will be - terrain too rough perhaps.

• Consider carrying on along the pistes all the way to Tata from around MS8-KM109. This is 'MS88' (blue-green arrow) on the image. Looked into this before and various tracks are certainly there. I think the only problem here can be border patrols turning you back on occasions.
This westward extension will make MS8 into a proper long piste, like the ever popular MS6.

• Should you have enough by MS8-K148, logging 'MS777' (red) going north towards FZ at that point would be useful.
All tracked and close/parallel to what Peter suggested.
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Low thirties daytime in Zagora Foum Zguid. Almost perfect.

I'll get the details over to you this week


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Thanks for the info Chris, IF all goes to plan we will try the yellow and link to MS8 as far as we can get. Going to take 3 days over it to give ourselves plenty of time. Will let you know how we get on and send through any notes and data.


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