Marrakech – Some men climb for the view. Some climb for glory. But Khalid Douache — better known as Abodrar — climbs for something altogether quieter: a kind of revelation, a cleansing, a protest written not in ink but in sweat.
And on June 1, he took that devotion to extreme altitudes.
Somewhere between the thin air and the sacred silence of the High Atlas Mountains, Khalid did something absolutely wild: he climbed Mount Toubkal — not once, not twice, but three times in under 24 hours.
No fanfare. No energy drinks with his face on them. No drone shots or pre-rolled sponsorships. Just him, his backpack, and a mission.
But this wasn’t your typical mountain man saga. This wasn’t about being the fastest or the strongest. Khalid’s climb was… poetic.
You see, with every summit, he paused — not to catch his breath, but to wipe away spray-painted graffiti left behind on the rocks. Three climbs. Three erased tags. One massive message.
“We don’t leave marks on works of art,” he said. “So why do it on a mountain?”
Because really, who among us hasn’t dreamt of doing something big, something breathtaking, something that doesn’t just look good on Instagram, but actually means something?
Khalid’s numbers are impressive — 24.26 kilometers covered, 2,880 meters of positive elevation gain, and the 4,167-meter summit reached three separate times in a span of 13 hours and 49 minutes.
But what lingers is not the data. It’s the intention. A lone man, scrubbing human ego off ancient rock, whispering with every step: “We can love nature without scarring it.”
And maybe that’s the real summit we’re all trying to reach.
He calls it the “3x Toubkal 24h Challenge”. There’s already buzz around Guinness World Records. A documentary series is in the works.
But don’t expect a classic macho montage. This is about stewardship, solitude, and the quiet revolution of doing the right thing when no one is watching.
“This wasn’t for the stunt,” he says. “It was to send a message. The mountain doesn’t belong to us. It tolerates us.”
