Trek Sahara Photo Gallery
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1. Trek Sahara - dunes and tree
A team of Classic FM listeners trekked 126km across the Sahara desert with full works presenter John Brunning to raise money for Classic FM's charity, Music Makers.
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2. John Brunning and Mari
Classic FM presenter John with one of the trekkers, Mari. Trek Sahara was Music Makers' second overseas trek.
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3. Walking into camp
Each day the trekkers walked an average of 20km, making the sight of camp every evening a very welcome one.
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4. Beverley, Susie and Sue
Three of our trekkers wearing their Moroccan Shashs, designed to keep the sand out, and your head cool.
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5. Morning blister clinic
Blister clinic was held twice a day, helping to keep weary feet going through another day.
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6. The KPMG Team
6 of our trekkers were from KPMG, fundraising together to support Music Makers.
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7. Climbing Chgaga
The team climbed the sand dune, Chgaga, which was 1,000 feet high.
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8. The Trek Sahara team
The 33 members of the Trek Sahara Team at the top of Chgaga.
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9. Sunset silhouette
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10. The Cameleers
Trekkers' luggage was carried by camels, led by three local cameleers.
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11. Lunch stop
A spot of respite under a tree - a rare thing to see amongst the dunes.
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12. The camels
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13. Crossing Dunes
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14. Pat Appleby
Pat was our oldest trekker at an impressive 72 years old.
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15. The finish line
The finish line was a momentus sight to see on the last day of walking.
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16. The finish line
The Berbers cheered everyone over the finish line after 126 km of walking.
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17. The Discover Adventure Team
Sean, Jen, Karan and Rolf from Discover Adventure, the tour operators who led the team, along with Hussain, one of the Berber leaders.
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18. Christel, Anne and Pat
Three of our trekkers were from Norway - Christel, Anne and Pat.
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19. Trek Sahara - sunset
The sun setting on Trek Sahara 2009.
