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Fireman Simon's desert stormer.

From: Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)  |  Date: 8/30/2007

A firefighter is back battling blazes after surviving the scorching temperatures of one of the world's toughest terrains - the Gobi Desert.

Simon Johnson has returned from Mongolia where he completed the ultimate race - the Gobi Desert Challenge.

There he trekked up to 140 miles across the barren, sun-baked landscape with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius, crossed sand dunes, towering mountain ranges, desert plains and even an ice gorge.

He said: "It was the best ...

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