Sahara desert challenges pharmacist

摘要

I have travelled to remote locations around the world, including Roraima (Conan Doyle's lost world) in Venezuela. I have trekked the Inca trail in Peru to Machu Pichu, walked the GR20 in Corsica and the Annapurna circuit in Nepal, and climbed Mount Elbrus in Russia and Aconcagua (7,000m) in Argentina. On returning from a trip to K2 mountain base camp, Pakistan, in 2008 I came across the website for the Marathon des Sables (Marathon of the Sands). I had heard of this race, which is run in the Sahara Desert in Morocco each year, and had thought it was for serious and experienced runners only. However, I applied and got a place on the waiting list for 2012.