
Mechanical engineer turned software founder. I started out designing aerospace manufacturing facilities in VR at DAHER, then founded Konfigear in 2014 to bring the same visualization tools to the way configurable products are sold. Today the platform serves more than 200 organizations across 20+ countries, and Konfiwear applies it specifically to custom apparel.


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Yassine Ait Oufkir


I have stood on Jebel Toubkal four times. Same mountain, different seasons, different versions of myself. North Africa's highest peak is not exotic if you grew up within reach of the High Atlas — it is a recurring appointment.

### September 2012

First time up. I was young enough that the difficulty felt like a story I would tell later, not something that might stop me. Waterfalls on the approach, rock underfoot, the slow realisation that the summit is mostly patience.

![Toubkal, September 2012](/images/blog/toubkal/2012-09.jpg)

### October 2014

Two years later the ridges still held snow in the shaded couloirs while the trail stayed dry. Clear sky, thin air, other hikers ahead and behind. I knew the rhythm better by then: early start, steady pace, less drama than the first climb and more attention to the ground.

![Toubkal, October 2014](/images/blog/toubkal/2014-10.jpg)

### April 2015

A longer stretch in the mountains — early April into the following days. Snow still clung to the high slopes. Sitting on the rocks at the top with a pack, poles, and a bottle of Aïn Saïss half-frozen felt less like a conquest and more like returning somewhere I already understood.

![Toubkal, April 2015](/images/blog/toubkal/2015-04.jpg)

### November 2016

Winter conditions. Deep snow on the ascent, cold shadow in the valley, sun only on the upper ridges. Harder gear, slower steps, the same summit waiting at the end. Four climbs in, Toubkal had stopped being a checkbox. It was a place I kept choosing.

![Toubkal, November 2016](/images/blog/toubkal/2016-11.jpg)

I will go back. Mountains like this do not stay finished.


Four climbs of Jebel Toubkal between 2012 and 2016 — short notes and a photo from each ascent.

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Four Summits of Toubkal