ENGLE PREPARES TO TAKE ON THE GOBI; GREENSBORO ADVENTURE RACER CHARLIE ENGLE IS A COMPETITOR IN TODAY'S GOBI MARCH, A SEVEN-DAY RACE.(SPORTS) From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: September 7, 2003| Author: Young, Jim | COPYRIGHT 2003 News & Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: JIM YOUNG Staff Writer

About 100 years ago, a woman named Mildred Cable journeyed across the Gobi Desert, the bone-dry 500,000-square-mile region that stretches across northern China and Mongolia. Looking back on her trip, she had these encouraging words:

"Only a fool crosses the great Gobi without misgivings," Cable wrote.

A century later, we know this about Greensboro adventure racer Charlie Engle: He's no fool, but he might be a little b...

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