The Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge
The Empty Quarter
Anne-Marie Dunhill / 13.12.2010


Driving into the desert to catch up with teams, past the Moreeb dune,a road sign signaling “camels,horse and falcons race� added to the surreal atmosphere. A sharp right into a highly sensitive zone due to petrol and through the dunes we arrived at the last checkpoint before the section finish line.
The United States team, Yoga Slackers, arrived and put themselves in the shade of a 4x4 after punching in. They get along so well and have known each other for so long that interviewing them is like interviewing twins; one starts a sentence and the other one finishes it.
Due to the dryness one of their members had had a severe nosebleed and as he rinsed his blood stained Buff his team mate examined the bloody map and declared, “This map is now useless�. To which his friend replied, “Yeah, I’ve been bleeding for awhile�.




