Jax Mariash Koudele recently became the 2016 4 Deserts World Champion and the first woman ever to complete the 4 Deserts Grand Slam Plus, a series of five 250K (155 mile) races through the world’s most extreme terrain: the hottest (Sahara, Namibia), windiest (Gobi, China), driest (Atacama, Chile), and coldest (Antarctica) desserts in the world, plus one location that changes every year. This year, that was in Sri Lanka. Each race lasts seven days and requires competitors to be self-sufficient, which means they carry all of their own gear in packs on their backs. The only assistance they get is water, serious medical…
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