Morocco
Sand Origin
Erg Chebbi
Random Sand Fact
How does walking or running for days through a scorching sand desert, carrying a heavy backpack and risking sandstorms – and paying for it – sound?
The Marathon des Sables in Morocco is often called the toughest footrace on Earth. It is a stage race across the Sahara, around 250 kilometres over six stages, with participants carrying their own food and equipment.
Here, sand is the surface, the resistance, the landscape – and something that gets everywhere.
Grit, quite literally.
P.S. One of the grains in GRAINS was collected by OUAW’s founder during the Marathon des Sables in Morocco.
