Shooting the Pipe in Ifelou Ihedan Canyon, Morocco

I wasn’t sure what to expect from my first technical canyon in the Tafraout area of Morocco’s Anti-Atlas Mountains. There is a short French canyoneering book here, a guide company, but it’s not something I’d heard of before about Morocco… The hand written topo from my guide looked cool though, with many obstacles so I said yes for Ifelou Ihedan (V4 A3 II, 60m). I was so pleasantly surprised by a real, natural, featured, novel canyoning experience that was full value despite it being short and communication challenges.
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