The 4 Deserts Ultramarathon Series. By Lupita Paredes Escalante.

 4 Deserts Ultramarathon

Have you heard of “The 4 Deserts”? It´s one of the toughest

competitions in the world that takes place in 7 days and 250

kilometers in the largest deserts on the planet.

Organized by the American company & Racing the Planet,

the competitors not only face extreme temperatures (which

can reach 50ºC or -30ºC) but it's also done self-sufficiently,

that is, they must carry their food and equipment . They are

only provided with hydration and a tent to sleep in.

It takes place in four deserts: in the Atacama, Chile, in the

Gobi, China, in the Sahara in Egypt and in Antarctica.

In addition to the wild conditions of the deserts, another of

the most impressive aspect is the beauty of the landscapes

of each one.

From the Atacama salt pans, home to colonies of pink

flamingos and sacred Inca sites, to the grasslands, steppes,

Ger villages and Buddhist monasteries in Mongolia, or the

world´s oldest desert and most giant dunes, in Namibia, to end

in the White Desert and its icebergs on the horizon of

Antarctica.