2015 Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc

Our experience racing a FedEx van through the Moroccan desert at this all-women off-road rally

They call the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc‘s off-road race the toughest all-women’s sporting event in the world. I know off-road, I know tough. Having just completed the 25th annual run across southern Morocco’s varied and challenging landscape—using only a compass, plotter and ruler, and black and white maps that date from the 1940s to1960s to find a series of checkpoints each day for …