Climbing North Africa's Highest Mountain.. Toubkal, Morocco 🇲🇦

[@grahamrandall9892]

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.

[@annkamis6041]

Wow! What an achievement!! Well done to you and Vicky for completing it, brave people 😮 Great memories for you both to share 👏

[@ladygwarth]

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]

Thank you for watching us climb to the gods!

[@ladygwarth]

@@WendallExplores Being vertically challenged I get vertigo climbing a ladder, so I bow to you with deepest respect.

[@WendallExplores]

@@ladygwarth just focus on the next step.. coming down was the worst

[@ladygwarth]

@@WendallExplores same on a ladder 😉

[@DCALLUS23]

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]

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 🙏

[@carlcornwalldrone]

That’s quite an achievement Ollie , one of your best videos yet for me 👌🏼

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks Carl 🙏

[@stevennorrie5884]

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]

It is an incredibly rewarding experience

[@geoffbardell8872]

Awesome mate, well done.

[@Sidchasingclassiccars]

Well done buddy. Looks like a nice little climb. 👍

[@shaun4443]

Amazing bro! The words of encouragement too! spot on.

[@asdhoke]

Thanks for making the video. Great work 👏

[@timfromdurban]

Great video and congratulations on summiting. I hope you have many more. Well done.

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks 🙏

[@user-yd3ic3cl3b]

Well done 👍🏽 inspiring

[@stephenkelly3404]

Nice one mate what an achievement pal , stunning views🎉

[@WendallExplores]

So glad I did it, thank you

[@wayneofox1081]

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]

Yeah descent way harder, and you are spent from climbing to summit too.. I learned that lesson! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@berealwithraya]

Hey hey we’re the same age Wendall! 🙃 - well done!! The view looks amazing, breathtaking 😍

[@WendallExplores]

Quite honestly this was the first time in my life I did something that made me acutely aware that I was not young anymore!

[@calumpage]

Good to see you nourishing the soul.

[@davidmclachlan6592]

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]

Good luck!

[@clives344]

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]

Thanks for watching this one 🙏

[@nagyklaudia8739]

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]

I think May should be easier, good luck 💪

[@wilsonT5]

Hey Wendall, great video! I'm booked to climb Toubkal in may and would love to know what kind of preperation you did for it and what kind of gear you took with you.

[@deanandconner5194]

Omg oli that's a experience didn't expect snow was this recent

[@WendallExplores]

It was a challenge for sure Dean

[@deanandconner5194]

@@WendallExplores totally different way of life new routine enjoy

[@mawkernewek]

More likely to have snow in Africa this Christmas time than Penzance

[@thewanderingwatkins7246]

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]

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 🤷‍♂️

[@emmakennedy3007]

Amazing! What a fantastic experience 🙂

[@WendallExplores]

It sure was an amazing experience, thanks

[@xfoolsgoldx]

Excellent achievement 👏 Did your legs ache the next day.

[@WendallExplores]

Couldn't walk for 3 days. I can't stress how difficult the descent was.

[@RB-bw4vh]

Really enjoyed this..thank you for sharing 😊

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you, one of my favourite videos to film

[@Yourworstdream..]

A recommended challenge for beginners. Bravo🤝

[@WendallExplores]

Yamas 👏

[@wino-jc3zu]

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]

Thanks for watching. There is something about the peace at that altitude 😮

[@favourite1944]

Subscribed to Wendall now 😅 Good one Hoping to do it early next summer

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks for joining the party 🎉 Enjoy your hike 🙏

[@agolajko]

Wow, amazing trip. Is Mohamed affiliated with a guide company, do they have a website i can check?

[@WendallExplores]

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 👍

[@MarksWorldOfAdventure]

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]

Yeah it’s in the high atlas, stunning place

[@azadam1000]

I am from rifmountains and yeah my name is abdul aziz .But yeah muhammed is a very common name

[@BruceLethal]

Nice video , would be interested in knowing your level of fitness / experience prior to doing this hike .

[@dragosdpop]

Very nice. What month is?

[@WendallExplores]

November mate

[@tomrowell6354]

Nice, what month did you go?

[@britishmick]

Thought it was "where's Wolly" now its "where's Oli" 🤣.

[@WendallExplores]

He’s up a massive mountain bab!

[@ashw5487]

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?

[@neilinnature]

Great experience, which mountain will wendall conquer next ?

[@WendallExplores]

I think that may well be the last thing Wendall conquers Neil

[@imraneamoura1027]

I was there 3 times and it was amazing.

[@WendallExplores]

Yallah! ✊

[@eliagoubimarouan]

It's great experience i did this challange ❤

[@WendallExplores]

Great challenge, glad you enjoyed it

[@paulyweston8648]

Hi good video, what time of year was this done. We are booked in to climb in in May 23

[@WendallExplores]

Filmed in November. It will be very different in May. Harder in the valley, probably easier up the mountain.

[@paulyweston8648]

@@WendallExplores it will be our first test of Altitude before we do the Everest Base camp walk in November,

[@WendallExplores]

@@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]

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!

[@TravellingTorunn]

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]

Next stop 5000m 💪 glad you enjoyed the video Torunn, its was a favourite to film and edit

[@TravellingTorunn]

@@WendallExplores you are obviously in pretty good shape, walking and talking like this at this pace thousands of metres above sea level 💪🏼🙏

[@WendallExplores]

@@TravellingTorunn I really struggled, you should have seen Vicky

[@relax_nature_morocco]

IT'S perfect ⛰️🏞️🌲🌳

[@SenorDingdong969]

Great video. Hard to find though, even if you’re looking for it

[@WendallExplores]

‘Hard to find even if your looking for it’… great! 🤣

[@WendallExplores]

Thanks for searching for it 🙏

[@omarboulmarouf1803]

You need to go to akchour, its next to chefchaoen

[@marca555]

What month did you go?

[@wanderingwhere]

lol chris kamara legend

[@boujemaaTravels]

Welkom to marooc

[@kevinbreen2250]

Would you recommend for someone with below average fitness level?

[@WendallExplores]

Absolutely not

[@WendallExplores]

@@TheKingKlan top of the world

[@richardpattison5525]

Great video. Well done,,,it definitely not for me. Stay safe

[@WendallExplores]

Get on up there! 🤣

[@karentraveller9001]

Did you take any diamox at all for altitude?

[@WendallExplores]

No wasn’t recommended to. I think if E ascent had been a little slower paced, I would have been better

[@griswald7156]

Yammin on….this must be higher than the Rotunda….

[@griswald7156]

I think id like a holiday at the hotel California in Newquay instead..

[@walkietalkietraveller2932]

'My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night' ! hahaha

[@panda4413]

Erratic camera movement but I’m wanting to do this hike in February so im putting up with it, 8 mins in.

[@WendallExplores]

Thank you for putting up with my video 🤣

[@panda4413]

@@WendallExplores I enjoyed it mate, I’m going to book all my bits tomorrow 🤝

[@WendallExplores]

@@panda4413 give Mohamed a shout he will do you proud as a guide 👍

[@panda4413]

@@WendallExplores what did he charge you for the trip?

[@WendallExplores]

@@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

[@sharonnaylor1753]

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]

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

[@sohaibgamer.]

Bro are still there in imlil

[@WendallExplores]

I’m gone, but Mohamed will still be there!

[@rhyno0185]

Great video mate. What time of year did you climb ? Sorry if I missed that. Looks like am epic adventure. Cheers.

[@WendallExplores]

November mate

[@andytara1314]

Everest next Wend 👍🏼

[@WendallExplores]

Maybe Kilimanjaro next 🙏