“I was destroyed, but what happened is I got the awareness to understand that we as human beings, with all our arrogance and technology, are nothing in front of nature… I thanked nature for the sights I was witnessing and, at a certain point, I said to it: ‘Do as you want with me — clean my mind, clean my body, clean my thoughts. I have only one mission and that is to see myself with my family again.’ That was indeed my goal.”
–Max Calderan, Dubai-based Italian explorer, discussing his trek on foot across the Rub Al-Khali (Empty Quarter), the largest continuous sand desert on earth. His 1,100 km trek took a new West to East route through the heart of the Empty Quarter. [arabnews.com]
