Morocco · Amellago
8anus
Seven pitches on very abrasive limestone beside the oued, with swimming holes below. An athletic start to the 6b second pitch; a couple of doubtful flakes on pitches 3 and 4.
6b7 pitches140 m
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Amellago
Morocco
A quiet limestone gorge on the Oued Ghéris, north-east of Todra between Goulmima and Rich, with around 300 routes developed mostly by French teams since the 2000s. Rough brown and grey rock, single pitches and bolted multipitches up to 350 m. The paper topo lives at Mimoun's auberge (Oasis Tizzarouine), which is also where to stay. Spring and autumn.
- Routes
- 2
- Grade span
- 6b
- Longest route: 8anus
- 140 m
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Location and climate
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Amellago gorge crags
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2 routes
Routes in Amellago
Morocco · Amellago
Allah bri des toits
The most accessible multipitch at Amellago: four short pitches broken by a walk along a ledge under the roofs, finishing with an exposed traverse on rough brown rock. Some doubtful rock at the start of pitch 3. In shade from mid-afternoon in winter.
6b4 pitches80 m
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Local words
At the crag and in town
French
- corde
- rope
- dégaine
- quickdraw
- spit, goujon
- bolt
- plaquette
- bolt hanger
- relais
- belay, anchor
- Sec !
- Take!
- Du mou !
- Slack!
- Avale !
- Take in!
Darija and Tamazight
- agrou
- frog, in Tamazight: the name of a Todra sector
- Yallah!
- Let's go!
Morocco