a friend, a bro on a cycle and foremost a soulsearcher that goes on adventures that mostly hardly any peeps would go on. i may have thought long and hard about going on this adventure but cancelled due to insufficient funds, well it happens. but loads of friends were there, like chas, the “knusperschnecke” and tons of other friends. the atlas mountain race is a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage cycling race that starts in marrakesh, crosses the moroccan atlas before taking riders through the anti-atlas and on to agadir. the clock does not stop and there are no prizes. It follows gravel, single and double track and old colonial pistes that have long been forgotten and fallen into disrepair. there is very little tarmac. there is some walking, and at times there is great distances between resupply points. with some pics from the ride we have i leave you to it. also this particular chimp is running his own small company called chimpanzee and can be met in the web under http://chimpanzeebar.com, its the good stuff only i promise.

this is it, the wonderful desert where you go the miles that will sharpen your mind and soul.

i cannot express how much this means to me. this is more than i would ever expected from this ride and i will also be there next year or the year after that.

it may not look like something good but since i have been on similar trips i can breathe the excitement and all the goodness. soon mates, soon.