Extreme athlete Tanja Braun defies the desert for climate protection

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Extreme athlete and desert adventurer Tanja Braun launched her ambitious project, the "Global Desert Race." After completing a 150-kilometer Trans-Sahara Marathon, she embarked on an even greater challenge on February 25: a 700-kilometer solo crossing of the Moroccan Sahara

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00:30I hope you enjoyed this walk.

00:37Thank you so much for watching.

00:44I'll see you in the next video.

00:51Bye.

01:21Bye.

01:52What happened here?

01:54The dogs just fell.

01:56That's just the tabard.

01:58Oh shit.

02:21Shit.

02:51Shit.

03:21Shit.

03:51Shit.

04:21Shit.

04:51Shit.

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06:11Shit.

06:21Shit.

06:31Shit.

06:41Shit.

06:51Shit.

07:01Shit.

07:11Shit.

07:21Shit.

07:31Shit.

07:45I'm proud, happy, relieved, and really exhausted.

07:51And my body is telling me that it wasn't just a walk in the park.

07:58It was tough, and I experienced the harsh and rugged conditions of the desert.

08:09And there were sandstorms, it was cold, the heat.

08:15But I experienced also the beauty and the uniqueness of this ecosystem.

08:26It was tough, and I experienced the harsh and rugged conditions of the desert.

08:35And there were sandstorms, the heat, cold, and dryness.

08:42But I experienced also the beauty and the uniqueness of this ecosystem.

08:52I don't pay much attention of these low points.

08:58I shift my focus, because they pass.

09:04And I focus on my goal and why I want to achieve that.

09:12I don't pay much attention of these low points.

09:16They pass.

09:18I shift my focus and think about why I want to achieve the goal, and that's it.

09:28A shower and the possibility to wash my hair after 15 days.

09:35I'm looking forward for a shower and the possibility to wash my hair after 15 days.

09:45I've learned that the desert is the teacher, not me.

09:53The desert is the teacher, not me, and that not everything is planned.

10:03And I think flexibility is the key.

10:07And the desert shows the path and what's possible.

10:14It's a true privilege to live in a country where I can have water 24-7.

10:23And I'm really grateful for that.

10:27I'm incredibly proud, happy, and relieved that I made it.

10:34And I'm exhausted.

10:37My body tells me that it wasn't just a walk in the park.

10:43I'm looking forward for a shower and the possibility to wash my hair after 15 days.

10:56It was very hard, very rough, very harsh.

11:02I experienced the full range of this ecosystem.

11:09Sandstorms, heat, cold, dryness.

11:13But also the incredible, unique beauty of the desert and this ecosystem.

11:22Physical or mental low points are temporary.

11:26I know that from my ultralifts and my experience.

11:30I don't give it much space.

11:32I shift the focus to my goal and why I want to achieve it.

11:39And then this low point vanishes by itself.

11:45Because the focus is somewhere else.

11:50The biggest learning for me was that the desert is the teacher and not me.

11:57And the desert shows the limits of the possible.

12:03You need maximum flexibility because not everything can be planned in detail.

12:11If there's a sandstorm, it's there whether I want to walk 70 kilometers or not.

12:17The most important thing is that it's a privilege to live in a country

12:22where you have water 24 hours a week, seven days a week, without thinking about it.

12:29I'm very grateful for that.

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