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The desert marathon: A FUNDRAISING mission against noma
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Stage |
Pos. |
Time |
Delay |
Average |
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IRHS / KHERMOU (29,3 Km) |
366 |
05H08'44 |
2H56'36 |
5,69 |
| 2. |
KHERMOU / JEBEL EL OFTAL (35 Km) |
279 |
06H12'32 |
3H22'23 |
5,64 |
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JEBEL EL OFTAL / JEBEL ZIREG OUEST
(32,3 Km) |
470 |
06H18'15 |
3H52'28 |
5,12 |
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SEND ME A MESSAGE INTO CAMP!!! >>>
The oficial website of the MdS has published a form with which you can send a message with 1000 characters to a comeptitor. SO - you can send me a message and I will receive the print in my tent in the evening. Since I didn't take a book (weight!!!), I could do with somethig to read! ;-P
Please click the following link and fill in the form!
Message form Mds 2007
My number is 413! (choose that in the Pulldown Menu! Btw - once you have activated the pulldown menu, type a "4" and the list will jump to the number 400 - not long to scroll from there to "413 FARTHING")
Due to the lacking facilities in the desert I will not be able to reply to any of the mails there, but will do so, once I am back in Germany!
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 My
name is Christian farthing
and this website is dedicated to my
project of participating and hopefully finishing the Marathon
des Sables in 2007 (March,23rd - April,2nd) and also raising
funds on my path that leads up to the run, all the way through the
desert and past the finishing line and whereever after.
You can support me by making donations to my chosen cause (see
right for details).
I have set up a blog
for the latest news, my training progress and whatever comes to
my mind (?!) and find worthwhile mentioning.
What is the 'Marathon des Sables'
 The
'Marathon des Sables' (MdS) is an ultramarathon set in the sahara
on the edge of morocco. 230km in 6 stages past dunes, rocky plaines
and dried out river beds in temperatures up to 45°C in the daytime
and down to 7°C at night. The competitors carry all their equipment
and food with them, the water is rationed to approx. 9 litres a
day. The advice is to drink it and not use it for washing... [...more]
Why run the Marathon des Sables?
Well, there's probably a lot of answerf?s to that one. I think it
was Edmund Hillary who answered the question why he'd want to
climb the Mount Everest: "Because it's there". You may
say it's a lunatic thing to do, but then I could argue: Isn't
it a lot worse to get up each and every morning at something around
6:30, get dressed, go to work while it's still dark, sit in front
of a screen for at least 8 hours, go back home and it's already
dark again. Isn't that REALLY crazy? :-) In my case I met a great
guy called Alexander Vero at Club
la Santa in September 2006. He'd finished the MdS in 2005
and told me about it. After that, there was no stopping me. Especially
after I heard that you could also run for a cause. So I signed
up to run for "Facing Africa" and here I am - in the
middle of preperations! :-) Here, check out Alex's
website, it's really cool to see what he's doing!!
Last but not least: the name "Jumpin' Jaculus"
 Of
course everybody knows the great song by the Rolling Stones called
"Jumpin' Jack Flash". And then of course everybody also
knows that the latin name for a jerboa, or, in german "kleine
Wüstenspringmaus" is "Jaculus Jaculus" :-)
So, that's why my MdS name is: Jumpin'Jaculus!!
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Arab Wisdom
The path to power leads
through the palaces,
The path to wealth
through the bazars,
The path to wisdom though
leads through the desert.
my 'good cause'
I have decided to make this journey not only for myself - but in
aid of a good cause: I am raising funds for 'Facing
Africa', an organisation helping those suffering from Noma -
an acute and ravaging gangrenous infection affecting the face. The
victims of Noma are mainly young children caught in a vicious circle
of extreme poverty and chronic malnutrition. [...more]
help me helping them
Raising funds includes not only doing the MdS but also asking you
to help by donating money and spreading the word.
You can make a donation online immediately and check out my fund
raising progress by visiting my [sponsorship-page]
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