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Born to Run
Imagine taking on a 4 Deserts event with Type 1 diabetes. Now, imagine taking on
Twins Prepare for Crossing
Beat and Max Hintermann will return to their second Atacama Crossing in 2012
Models for Change
The best role models have a contagious energy, and Patricia Vehmeyer has passed
The Benefits of Competing with a Friend
They say that a problem shared is a problem halved.
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AC '12 UPDATES
Joel Meredith
Almost Time
Vikki Bester
Agradecimientos
Carlos Perelman
SEGUNDA PRUEBA
CHRISTIAN COLQUE
SAN PEDRO, HERE I COME! : )
Patricia Vehmeyer
11 days till D-Day
Clare Brownhill
Next stop Chile
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Almost ready...
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  • Pre-Race
    A Pre-Race update on the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2012 will be provided on Saturday, 3 March 2012....
  • Stage 1
    An update of Stage 1 will be provided on Sunday, 4 March 2012....
  • Stage 2
    An update of Stage 2 will be provided on Monday, 5 March 2012....
  • Stage 3
    An update of Stage 3 will be provided on Tuesday, 6 March 2012....
  • Stage 4
    An update of Stage 4 will be provided on Wednesday, 7 March 2012....
  • Stage 5
    An update of Stage 5 will be provided on Thursday, 8 March and Friday, 9 March 2012....
  • Stage 6
    An update of Stage 6 will be provided on Saturday, 10 March 2012....
  • Post-Race
    A Post-Race update will be provided on Sunday, 11 March 2012....
Top 10 Endurance Competitions   June 14, 2010
This year's 24 Hours of Le Mans saw automaker Audi finish in first, second, and third place. TIME looks at other notable tests of human stamina. Re...

Time Magazine: The Long March   July 31, 2008
Believing that the world was in danger of becoming "a homogenous mass," marathon runner Mary K. Gadams set up an adventure company in 1996.

Nothing but heat and dust, pain and glory   March 21, 2010
A Dumfries doctor and novice athlete on how she overcame disaster to be first female across the line in gruelling race.

Laurie Brophy - Age Is No Barrier   February 24, 2010
BBC News feature on Laurie Brophy, the oldest competitor at the Atacama Crossing 2010

ESPN Feature Sahara Race   November 18, 2009
ESPN talks to Sahara Race competitor George Chmiel about his experience and his fundraising.

120 degrees + 150 miles - toilet = fun (CNN International)   May 14, 2009
CNN feature on RacingThePlanet in Namibia.

Amazing Races of 2008 (ABC News)   October 1, 2008
ABC News, one of America's leading news channels names the Sahara Race 2008 one of the "Amazing Races of 2008."

Dean Karnazes, desert term   December 7, 2008
Dean Karnazes has just won the world's toughest endurance event: four desert runs totalling 1,000km.

Mad Dogs and Americans (The Wall Street Journal Magazine)   December 6, 2008
Who runs 155 miles across the Sahara?

Desert High by Lauren Keane (Washington Post)   August 31, 2008
For ultra-athlete Frank Fumich, running a marathon is routine. That's why he set out to finish six of them -- in five days -- across the driest landsc...

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THE ATACAMA DESERT

One of the few deserts on Earth that doesn't receive any rain. It is a plateau in South America, covering a 600-mile (1,000 km) strip of land on the Pacific coast of South America, west of the beautiful Andes mountains.

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COMPETITORS

  • 00h 00m0.   Anguita Carrion, Matias
  • 00h 00m0.   Asseline, Frederic
  • 00h 00m0.   Baker, Jess
  • 00h 00m0.   Ballou, Christopher
  • 00h 00m0.   Beller, Michel
  • 00h 00m0.   Bertin, Cécile
  • 00h 00m0.   Bester, Vikki
  • 00h 00m0.   Biffin, William (Bill) R.
  • 00h 00m0.   Bonner, Diarmuid T.
  • 00h 00m0.   Brownhill, Adam J.
  • 00h 00m0.   Brownhill, Clare
  • 00h 00m0.   Bull, Matias
  • 00h 00m0.   Bundi, Marco
  • 00h 00m0.   Carr, David J.
  • 00h 00m0.   Choi, Gyu-young
  • 00h 00m0.   Chow, Herman M.H.
  • 00h 00m0.   Colque, Christian
  • 00h 00m0.   De Saedeleer, Paul
  • 00h 00m0.   Dent, Caroline
  • 00h 00m0.   Dent, Garreth
  • 00h 00m0.   Dizier, Philippe C.
  • 00h 00m0.   Dogan, Ilhan
  • 00h 00m0.   Donovan, Greg R.
  • 00h 00m0.   Donovan, Matthew G.
  • 00h 00m0.   Duarte da Costa, Jeison E.
  • 00h 00m0.   Eathorne, Ross G.
  • 00h 00m0.   Evans, Guy
  • 00h 00m0.   Even, Jean Yves
  • 00h 00m0.   Ferrero, Juan R.
  • 00h 00m0.   Flammersfeld, Anne-Marie
  • 00h 00m0.   Flanders, Sharon
  • 00h 00m0.   Fusaro, Roberto D.
  • 00h 00m0.   Garcia, Hernan
  • 00h 00m0.   Garcia Beneito, Vicente Juan
  • 00h 00m0.   Garlick, Steven G.
  • 00h 00m0.   Garrett, Aaron
  • 00h 00m0.   Gaston, James
  • 00h 00m0.   Gaston, Tara
  • 00h 00m0.   Gatta, Philippe
  • 00h 00m0.   Gatta, Anna S.J.
  • 00h 00m0.   Gavin, Conor
  • 00h 00m0.   Gore Browne, Freddie H.
  • 00h 00m0.   Grabow, Dieter
  • 00h 00m0.   Gray, Marian B.
  • 00h 00m0.   Hall, Innogen
  • 00h 00m0.   Hanney, Roger
  • 00h 00m0.   Harrak, Said
  • 00h 00m0.   Hashimoto, Hisashi
  • 00h 00m0.   Haslam, Alexander
  • 00h 00m0.   Hewitt, Richard G.A.
  • 00h 00m0.   Hintermann, Beat

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