Climbing North Africa's Highest Mountain.. Toubkal, Morocco 🇲🇦
Mount Toubkal, or Jebel Toubkal, is the highest mountain in Morocco and North Africa and the summit sits at an elevation of 4167 metres. The summit attempt is a solid high level hike in summer but is far trickier in winter when temperatures near the peak can reach -15c and snow and ice is treacherous. I saw this challenge as a fitting next step on my adventure journey, pushing myself past my previously defined limits and finding out what I’m really made of! I found the descent incredibly tough and did suffer from a level of altitude fatigue. This was all worth it though for the satisfaction of the challenge.
I highly recommend our guide Mohamed, who features in this video. If you are interested in him guiding you on a Toubkal trek you can contact him on his mobile +212 662-358661
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Great video and congratulations on getting to the top and back to Imlil in two days 👏. I am not an experienced hiker but I completed this trek in blistering heat in August 2023 with four pals but we spread it over three days. Imlil to Mouflon Refuge on Day 1, Summit and back down to refuge on Day 2 and refuge back to Imlil on Day 3. Challenging but perfectly achievable for five guys in their 50s and 60s.
Thanks for making the video. Great work 👏
Well done buddy. Looks like a nice little climb. 👍
Awesome mate, well done.
Amazing bro! The words of encouragement too! spot on.
Wow! What an achievement!! Well done to you and Vicky for completing it, brave people 😮 Great memories for you both to share 👏
Brilliant vid oli, love your Cornwall stuff. But this change is very welcome. If i ever see you in cornwall on my hols next summer i definitely owe you a beer for all the entertainment over the last year or so i have been watching 👍👍
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate this comment Dan, as most who subscribe for the Cornwall videos don’t want to watch the travel content 🤷♂️ No need to buy me a beer anymore, watch the previous video I’ve quit drinking 🤣 Glad you take joy from the channel 🙏
Great video and congratulations on summiting. I hope you have many more. Well done.
@WendallExplores
11 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
Well done 👍🏽 inspiring
Nice one mate what an achievement pal , stunning views🎉
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
So glad I did it, thank you
Thanks Wendall i really enjoyed this Video really well filmed. Well done to you and Vicky. Spectacular views of the mountains such a beautiful place. Don’t think i could have done it. Think this was by far the best video you have done abroad.
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching this one 🙏
That’s quite an achievement Ollie , one of your best videos yet for me 👌🏼
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Carl 🙏
Really enjoyed this..thank you for sharing 😊
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, one of my favourite videos to film
Great video. Doing Toubkal in a month, so good to get an idea of the level of effort required, and the rewards on offer. Thanks for the video!
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
It is an incredibly rewarding experience
Thank you so much for this video. It is so useful. Congratulations for you, I'm going to do it May and I'm very excited as this will be my first high mountain. I will test my stamina in Snowdonia in Easter
@WendallExplores
4 ай бұрын
I think May should be easier, good luck 💪
I was very much entertained and educated and left in awe at the stunning scenery and both of yours and Vicky’s efforts, well done and thank you for sharing your amazing trip.😊
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching us climb to the gods!
@ladygwarth
Жыл бұрын
@@WendallExplores Being vertically challenged I get vertigo climbing a ladder, so I bow to you with deepest respect.
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@ladygwarth just focus on the next step.. coming down was the worst
@ladygwarth
Жыл бұрын
@@WendallExplores same on a ladder 😉
Good to see you nourishing the soul.
Amazing! What a fantastic experience 🙂
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
It sure was an amazing experience, thanks
Hey hey we’re the same age Wendall! 🙃 - well done!! The view looks amazing, breathtaking 😍
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Quite honestly this was the first time in my life I did something that made me acutely aware that I was not young anymore!
Great achievement Mr & Mrs wendall,coming down is harder on your body than going up, in my opinion. I definitely missed out by viewing only your Cornwall based films. Thanks for sharing!
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Yeah descent way harder, and you are spent from climbing to summit too.. I learned that lesson! Thanks for watching 🙏
well done great video .i love the mountains we often go to austria around zell am see where they have austrias highest peak Grossglockner at 3,798 metres and the views are amazing
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. There is something about the peace at that altitude 😮
Thanks for sharing, well done. Me and my wife hope to climb this mountain in November this year..... We're both in our mid sixties!
@WendallExplores
2 ай бұрын
Good luck!
Subscribed to Wendall now 😅 Good one Hoping to do it early next summer
@WendallExplores
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for joining the party 🎉 Enjoy your hike 🙏
Great video, really enjoyed this walk
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Isha, I really WORKED for this content 🥵
@ishabrown
Жыл бұрын
@@WendallExplores you sure did. Well done to you and Vicky
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@ishabrown Vicky could do a 6000 mountain, she is a natural climber
A recommended challenge for beginners. Bravo🤝
@WendallExplores
6 ай бұрын
Yamas 👏
Thanks for the video Wendall. Never seen the mountains in Morocco, they look stunning. Personally I like these videos don't get me wrong I love the Cornwall content. Oddly this did not pop up like the other videos.
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed this one. Morocco is a phenomenal place. Get used to this stuff as there will be very little Cornwall going forward 🤣 You weren’t shown this video as the algorithm thinks my viewers only want Cornwall videos 🤷♂️
Excellent achievement 👏 Did your legs ache the next day.
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't walk for 3 days. I can't stress how difficult the descent was.
Omg oli that's a experience didn't expect snow was this recent
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
It was a challenge for sure Dean
@deanandconner5194
Жыл бұрын
@@WendallExplores totally different way of life new routine enjoy
@mawkernewek
Жыл бұрын
More likely to have snow in Africa this Christmas time than Penzance
IT'S perfect ⛰️🏞️🌲🌳
Thought it was "where's Wolly" now its "where's Oli" 🤣.
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
He’s up a massive mountain bab!
Nice video , would be interested in knowing your level of fitness / experience prior to doing this hike .
It's great experience i did this challange ❤
@WendallExplores
7 ай бұрын
Great challenge, glad you enjoyed it
Wow, I never thought about snow in Morocco. Is this part of the Atlas mountains? I did a hike in the Rif mountains in 2020 but I've never been to this area. Have you noticed how nearly every guy in Morocco is called either Muhammad, Mustafa or Abdul?
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it’s in the high atlas, stunning place
@azadam1000
Жыл бұрын
I am from rifmountains and yeah my name is abdul aziz .But yeah muhammed is a very common name
I was there 3 times and it was amazing.
@WendallExplores
11 ай бұрын
Yallah! ✊
Well done Wendell! I attempted it in 2022 and had really bad altitude sickness and stomach and could not go beyond the refuge! also showed me how unfit I had become during Covid! I need to go back and do it now that I’ve lost 15kgs, gone fitter and faster and can easily hike 15kms a day! Although a bad knee has now surfaced. I hated the dorm experience and would defo book private room! Oh btw…. Those inflated crisps bags are due to them being filled with inert nitrogen to preserve freshness in hot countries and creates an anaerobic environment inside the pckaging . :) btw, did you hire Mohammed privately?
You need to go to akchour, its next to chefchaoen
Great video mate. What time of year did you climb ? Sorry if I missed that. Looks like am epic adventure. Cheers.
@WendallExplores
5 ай бұрын
November mate
lol chris kamara legend
Happy to watch this walk. I am never going to do it myself, as I get quite exhausted at altitudes of 2000 metres and above. I have visited places up to 3800 metres in Peru, and this autumn been walking in up to 2400 in Sierra Nevada, Spain. And I really felt the altitude. And I can hardly believe the pace you held up this mountain in Marocco. I enjoyed very much to watch this hike and the barren and powerful terrain. Happy to know you are both down again and that it all went well 😁
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Next stop 5000m 💪 glad you enjoyed the video Torunn, its was a favourite to film and edit
@TravellingTorunn
Жыл бұрын
@@WendallExplores you are obviously in pretty good shape, walking and talking like this at this pace thousands of metres above sea level 💪🏼🙏
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@TravellingTorunn I really struggled, you should have seen Vicky
Great video. Hard to find though, even if you’re looking for it
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
‘Hard to find even if your looking for it’… great! 🤣
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for searching for it 🙏
Wow, amazing trip. Is Mohamed affiliated with a guide company, do they have a website i can check?
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Mohamed is both affiliated and unafiliated, if you catch my drift 🤣 We booked through Toubkal Trekking. Dm me on insta if you need more info 👍
Nice, what month did you go?
Great experience, which mountain will wendall conquer next ?
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
I think that may well be the last thing Wendall conquers Neil
Great video. Well done,,,it definitely not for me. Stay safe
@WendallExplores
8 ай бұрын
Get on up there! 🤣
Yammin on….this must be higher than the Rotunda….
Very nice. What month is?
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
November mate
I think id like a holiday at the hotel California in Newquay instead..
@walkietalkietraveller2932
Жыл бұрын
'My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night' ! hahaha
Hi good video, what time of year was this done. We are booked in to climb in in May 23
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Filmed in November. It will be very different in May. Harder in the valley, probably easier up the mountain.
@paulyweston8648
Жыл бұрын
@@WendallExplores it will be our first test of Altitude before we do the Everest Base camp walk in November,
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@paulyweston8648 I haven’t done EBC trek but I plan to. IMO climbing Toubkal will be physically harder in a short space of time, it’s a bit rushed IMO. I believe EBC will be more of a war of attrition.. you’ll have to keep pushing slightly every day. Good luck! Positive mental attitude ✊
@grahamrandall9892
Жыл бұрын
Great video. I’m climbing Toubkal in August so thanks for reminding me just how challenging it will be. Four months to get in shape!
Well done but not showing the view from the top with camera was a bit disappointing just to take a few mins to show would of been amazing of the top but u r a nice guy thank you.
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
It was so cold at the top and we were physically exhausted, even holding the camera up there was mummifying my hands, plus I had some altitude sickness up there and wasn’t in a stable frame of mind
Did you take any diamox at all for altitude?
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
No wasn’t recommended to. I think if E ascent had been a little slower paced, I would have been better
Would you recommend for someone with below average fitness level?
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely not
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@TheKingKlan top of the world
Bro are still there in imlil
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
I’m gone, but Mohamed will still be there!
Erratic camera movement but I’m wanting to do this hike in February so im putting up with it, 8 mins in.
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for putting up with my video 🤣
@panda4413
Жыл бұрын
@@WendallExplores I enjoyed it mate, I’m going to book all my bits tomorrow 🤝
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@panda4413 give Mohamed a shout he will do you proud as a guide 👍
@panda4413
Жыл бұрын
@@WendallExplores what did he charge you for the trip?
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
@@panda4413 I think like €130 per person roughly, includes the guide, all food and 1 night accommodation at the refuge but extra gear is more € They also picked us up and dropped us back in Marrakech by taxi included in that
Everest next Wend 👍🏼
@WendallExplores
Жыл бұрын
Maybe Kilimanjaro next 🙏