Interview: John Hare on his expedition across the Sahara

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Interview: John Hare on his expedition across the Sahara

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In this season of holiday travel travail, here is a story of real challenge. Horrific sandstorms, withering heat, freezing winds endured on a long camel trek three and a half months across the middle of the Sahara desert, south to north. It's a journey inspired by a book published nearly a century ago, "Across the Sahara: From Tripoli to Bornu," by British ...

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