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World Service,3 mins
'The Ultimate Test of Endurance' - Four Desert Races over Four Continents
Not by the PlaybookAvailable for over a year
The 4 Deserts Grand Slam does what it says on the tin... Across the Sahara -- that's Egypt, Jordan and Namibia; The Gobi March -- China and Mongolia; The Atacama Crossing -- Chile and The Last Desert -- Antarctica Each Race is 250 kilometres long and has to be completed within seven days. 23-year-old Australian Jacqui Bell is competing and, now three quarters of the way through, she's been telling Sportshour how brutal it has been so far. Photo: Jacqui Bell (Instagram @jacquiabell)
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