| HIGH ATLAS MOUNTAINS |
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The Atlas
mountain range runs across Northern
Morocco and Algeria
for a distance of close to 1 000km. The highest
mountain in the range is Mount Toubkal, at 4165
m. Bernard went on ten expeditions in the Moroccan
part of the High Atlas mountains, frequently climbing
to 3 000 metres with his rucksack, often
through cols and snow. One of his ten adventures
was to cross the entire High Atlas, involving
400 km of walking through the mountains. |
| Over the years,
Bernard got to know the Berbers better all the
time, and even their language. The High Atlas,
with its unique plant life of cactus and oleanders,
its dangerous snakes and scorpions, its biblical
vistas, fascinating and simple people and living
mountains, is never far from Bernard's thoughts. |
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