Whether
experienced runners or walkers, if there's one thing all the
participants in the MARATHON DES SABLES have in common it's
a taste for physical effort. The desire to surpass yourself
implies knowing how your physical and moral capabilities will
be called upon during the race. The awareness of the effort
involved in crossing the finish line makes each one of you
proud of yourselves and admiring of your rivals. Those that
bring up the rear admire the winners but are also then the
subject of admiration.
At this very moment, in around thirty countries around the
world, men and women are preparing to live through an adventure
they've been dreaming about for some time. In Hong Kong, New
York, Rome or Tokyo, people are training to be ready to give
the MARATHON DES SABLES their very best. Even though we may
wish to satisfy the largest number of people possible we remain
committed to it not turning into a huge anonymous event. The
MARATHON DES SABLES will always be open to everyone without
discrimination, but it is, and must remain, a race with a
difference. There will therefore be only 700 of you encouraging
one another in this 15th edition.
At the rate enrolments are going, it may be that many of you
will be disappointed. To quench your thirst for adventure
and running, AOI has created the DESERT CUP, with the first
edition in November 2000. You will each automatically receive
the enrolment brochure for the 1st DESERT CUP in early February
2000. In running around 170 km non-stop in under 60 hours,
with self-sufficiency in food, in the sand then on the hills
of the rift, it will be much more than a consolation race,
believe us...
In terms of sport and adventure: it looks pretty promising
as they say ! And that's just what we like !
We'll be in touch soon..
ATLANTIDE ORGANISATION Internationale
DESERT
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ATTENTION
: NEW FORM OF ENROLMENT !
To get registered, your reservation dossier absolutely must
include all the following :
• the reservation
form duly completed
• a deposit of
4000 FF (610 Euros)
• the information
sheet, dated and signed
• photocopy of
valid passport (with date of issue)
• 3 passport-sized
photos (with name of competitor on the back)
• a security deposit
cheque of 1000 FF (152 Euros) which will not be cashed other
than in the event of penalties or dropping out.
Any
incomplete dossiers will be rejected and returned to you.
So don't forget anything and get your passports
renewed !
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Around
forty participants including 3 Brits, 2 Americans, 1 Swiss
and 1 Jordanian will have the pleasure of being the first
to discover the DESERT CUP itinerary. Of course, the race
will hardly be a tourist trip and much effort will be needed
to make it to the end, but the scenery offers more than
enough to satisfy the most indifferent eyes. Whether it's
WADI RUM indelibly linked to Lawrence of Arabia, the plateaus
of the rift valley where you can see Araba wadi, or the
Nabataean city of Pétra with its palaces and temples
carved in the multicoloured rock, one beautiful sight after
another will make the route hard to forget.
Thanks to its life-size configuration, this confidential
trial run will allow us to fine-tune all the organisation
and offer a quality service for the 1st official edition
in November 2000.
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Capital
: Amman
Area : 88
946 km2
Population : 4
million inhabitants (1995)
Languages : Arabic,
English
Nestled betzeen Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Israel, Jordan
has a narrow opening onto the Red Sea with just 25km of
coastline at the end of the Gulf of Aqaba.
Since splitting with the West Bank in 1988, its western
frontier is marked by the trough of the River Jordan, and
the Dead Sea Valley which, extended by Araba wadi goes down
to the Gulf of Aqaba.
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DESERT
CUP MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
As from 14 October you must begin getting the medical
certificate (issued by our organisation) filled in and
having your electrocardiogram done.
Cimbaly International
1999 France - Webmaster : Lepkeo
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THE
BEST OF MOROCCO
Incredible but true, our representative in
Great Britain has already filled his quota of enrolments.
He tells us that runners who wish to leave from London should
contact him on (00) 01380 828 533.
Departure for Ouarzazate 6 April with a night in hotel,
returning to London 17 April.
AOI
FRANCE
Though enrolment is over in Great Britain,
at the mid-September point there are still around fifty
available places in France but don't leave it too long to
register. By mid-October and maybe earlier, we'll have to
close registration and put a waiting list in place since
numbers are limited to 700, foreign offices included.
IN
NEED OF ADVICE ?
If you've already enrolled in the 15th MDS
and wish to get in touch with runners from your region who've
participated in the MDS before, call us and we'll give you
their contact details.
*WHY
NOT ?
When you're a Russian sports instructor and
you hear about the MDS you say:*Patchemou niet? That's how
a young woman called Natalia KASAKOVA has found herself
heading for the Moroccan desert to join 700 runners who
will have asked themselves the same question.
THE
TEAMS BESOIN D'ESPACE
They'll be leaving their filing tools
in the workshop to get a breath of fresh air, get their
feet in the sand and look up at the stars. The wheels of
the AEROSPATIALE/MATRA/AIRBUS NANTES team should turn like
a dreamjudging by the hard work the 3 metal fitters Jean-M.
LE SQUERN, Franck LEGUEVEL and Dominique CHAILLOU are putting
in to polishing their act.
A
TOUTE VAPEUR !
Temperatures are rising in the VAPEUR
AVENTURE CPCU team. The three experienced regulators Geneviève
SAÏDI, Eric MAILLET and Jean-P.VASSEUR will be making
sure that the three newcomers Jacques BOURNOUVILLE, Eric
CHOISY and Thierry LEMARCHAND aren't left out in the cold.
LES
FENNECS D'ATHLETE'S FOOT
Bolstered by their experience last year,
Nicolas AUTRET, Philippe RAULET and Dominique PEUDUPIN will
be giving their all to help Yves LEGENDRE (2nd V3 in 1999)
take first place in his category. When you remember that
last year's winner René DAUTERIBES is coming back,
it promises to be a real shoot-out.
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