Finding Gobi. Dion Leonard

      

Copyright

       This is a work of nonfiction. The events and experiences detailed herein are all true and have been faithfully rendered as remembered by the author, to the best of his ability, or as they were told to the author by people who were present. Others have read the manuscript and confirmed its rendering of events. However, in certain instances names of individuals have been changed.

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      First published in the UK by HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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      © Dion Leonard 2017

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      Cover photograph © Jasper John

      All photographs used with permission. Photographs from the 2013 and 2014 Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon are courtesy of KAEM; photographer Hermien Webb.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008227951

      Ebook Edition © June 2017 ISBN: 9780008227975

      Version 2018-06-27

Dedication

       For my wife, Lucja.

       Without your endless support, dedication, and

       love, this never would have been possible.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue

Part 1

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Part 2

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Part 3

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Part 4

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Part 5

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Part 6

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Picture Section

       Footnotes

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       About the Publisher

PROLOGUE

      The camera crew finished up last night. Someone from the publisher arrives tomorrow. I can still feel the jet lag and other side effects of forty-one