Italian desert explorer and extreme athlete max calderan describes his 340kilometre, 128hour trek in the uaes desert along the tropic of cancer between the oman and saudi borders as absolutely. Max calderan dal quarto vuoto dellarabia saudita youtube. Max calderan s headquarter is located in empty quarter desert united arab emirates. Edgar daily mens fashion, lifestyle, culture, news and more. Dubai resident max calderan completes epic 1,100km desert journey across the empty quarter on foot. This italian explorer is attempting to walk a 1200km. The desert covers some 650,000 km 2 250,000 sq mi the area of long. Max calderan becomes the first man to cross empty quarter alone adventures february 5, 2020 max calderan, an italian explorer, has become the first man to cross the rub al khali desert, better known as the empty. Only the 2 last february calderan entered the legend of the explorations by completing hisadventureinto the lost desert. Max calderan, a longtime dubai resident originally from italy, has just become the latest man to join that famous group. Explorer saw natures sheer beauty and power in saudi. Dubaibased explorer recalls hardest uae desert trek. Edgar daily is your home for mens luxury lifestyle news and features about fashion, sneakers, sports, tech, cars, grooming and much more. Max calderan extreme endurance desert ultra runner.
It covers about 650,000 square kilometres, including parts of saudi arabia, oman, the uae and yemen. Max calderan, an italian explorer, has become the first man to complete a solo journey across the rub al khali desert, better known as the empty quarter. The dubaibased italian explorer max calderan crossed the vast, empty, undulating sand dunes of the rub alkhali desert, the socalled empty quarter in the east of saudi arabia, on foot via an. With routes set up for 10km and 65km runs somewhere near the liwa desert, qasr sarab protected area, the essence. The zero edition of the 7dunes ultra marathon in the united arab emirates run on 7 dunes of 300 meters high in the empty quarter desert. Max calderan two days after my arrival in dubai link. Mr calderan has a history of taking on challenging expeditions but he found crossing the empty quarter the most gruelling.
Max calderan becomes the first man to cross empty quarter. It is a landscape of everchanging endless dunes made famous by expeditions undertaken between the 1930s and 1950s by bertram thomas, wilfred thesiger and their arab companions. Earlier this year, italian extreme desert explorer max calderan, 52, became the first person to complete a solo trek across the rub al khali otherwise known as the empty quarter unaided. Naples italian explorer max calderan walked more than 1,000 kilometres in the rub al khali desert, the socalled empty quarter, a piece of unexplored desert that he crossed in 18 days, a feat that no one had ever done before. Saudi arabia and his first official attempt to cross the empty quarter. Max set off from najran on the border with yemen, but a very harsh sandstorm made him have to stop after having run only 270 km the dunes shifted by 80 meters in 24 hours. In 2020 he ran across saudi arabias empty quarter, becoming the first person in history to successfully navigate this notoriously treacherous. Max calderan, an italian explorer, has become the first man to cross the rub al khali desert, better known as the empty quarter. N including parts of saudi arabia, oman, the united arab. The extreme desert explorer said his lifelong dream has been to cross the empty quarter s rub al khali desert, spanning an area from saudi arabia to abu dhabi. When the eminent max calderan announces a running project, uae trail runners expect an epic endurance event. The border police were incredulous when i told them that i had just finished crossing the empty quarter, calderan. Running in the moonlight of the empty quarter is like running on the dark side of the moon much different than running on rocks in kalba or at. Trekking through the unbroken sea of sand in the empty quarter.
Backstage max calderan photographed by emanuele berardi. Empty quarter studios a man based in dubai successfully completed the challenge of crossing rub al khali or the empty quarter, the worlds largest sand sea, last february 3. The zero edition of the 7dunes ultra marathon in the. But he also added that he saw so many plastic bottles in the desert that he was planning know he was back in civilisation to devote his time to saving the environment as well as spending time with his family. Venues from across arab world feature in times worlds. Dubai resident becomes the first man to cross empty.
Rub al khali is the largest sand desert in the world. Max calderan, 52, has been planning this adventure since he was seven. The extreme desert explorer said his lifelong dream has been to cross the empty quarter s rub al khali desert. Backstage max calderan photographed by emanuele berardi, empty quarter duration. Photo by max calderan empty quarter studios if you took seven steps and turned around, you could just about see your fifth footstep. Backstage photo shooting with max calderan in the empty quarter desert. Max calderan is ready for his new venture, the home sweet home. Max calderan promo skysport icarus feb 2010 duration. Calderan walks over 1,000 km in rub al khali desert.
One day, he was stopped in his tracks by a page about the arabian peninsulas rub al khali, known as the empty quarter the largest sand desert in the world. A collaboration between renowned italian photographer john r pepper and uaebased explorer max calderan has captured some of the most dramatic landscapes across the. Running max calderan s tropic of cancer 50km ultramarathon in the liwa desert is an epic night event, and not just because of running sand dunes and sabkhas more on sabkhas later in darkness. From the desert to home, the virtual race according to the. In 2020 he ran across saudi arabias empty quarter, becoming the first person in history to successfully navigate this. First man to cross empty quarter alone describes his. Max calderan has begun his crossing of the empty quarter, rub al khail, from west to east the explorer max calderan has begun a new adventure today, breaking one the cardinal rules of life in the middle east. According to a report by the national, italian explorer max calderan braved the 650,000square kilometer desert for 16 dayscrossing brutal and barren.
As a sevenyearold growing up outside of venice, max calderan used to pore over a muchloved encyclopaedia. The italian first learnt of the empty quarter after stumbling across it in an encyclopedia. Man from dubai the first to solely cross empty quarter. That, however, is what max calderan, a 52yearold italian, has set out to do. It took max calderan 16 days to cross the empty quarter. Max calderan extreme desert explorer dubai linkedin. Calderan walks over 1,000 km in rub al khali desert italian explorer completes extreme challenge in saudi arabia. Dubai resident max calderan completes epic empty quarter desert trek. Max calderan bio, the thoughts of the extreme desert explorer. A solo traverse 1,100 km through the desert of the rub alkhali, also called the empty quarter in saudi arabia. Mr calderan has a history of taking on challenging expeditions but he found crossing the empty quarter the most gruelling dubai resident becomes the first man to cross empty quarter alone see more at thenational.
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