GOBI DESERT

Name: Gobi Desert Mongolia Expedition HD 1000MileJourneys
Uploaded: 2024-09-11T08:50:26.992Z
Duration: 4 min 42 s
Description: A short film of an 1136 mile trek across the Gobi Desert in Mongolia with an international team in 2011. The distance was covered in 51 days. A second crossing was achieved in 2016 in 47 days. A third and final crossing will be attempted May-July 2023. Contact me if interested in a challenge and experience of a lifetime.

Aged 25, Faraz spent two months leading a herd of Bactrian camels 1,600km across Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Navigating from well to well with the aid of Soviet-era maps, he faced stampedes, sandstorms and twisters, gaining along the way a fascinating insight into the lives of desert nomads in one of the harshest and most fragile environments on Earth.

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Faraz Shibli leading a Bactrian camel across the Gobi Desert

Faraz Shibli and a teammate loading a Bactrian camel in the Gobi Desert

Faraz Shibli riding a Bactrian camel in the Gobi Desert