Finding Gobi: Young Reader's Edition: The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0718075315 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dion has not only completed but competed in some of the world’s toughest ultra marathons across the planet’s most inhospitable landscapes. Dion's latest 250km race across the Gobi Desert in China turned out to be a completely different race where he fell in love with a stray dog (later named Gobi) that followed him during the week and who would change both of their lives forever. . About the AuthorDion Leonard is a 41 year old Australian who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland with his wife Lucja. This includes running across the brutal Moroccan Sahara desert twice in the 250km Marathon Des Sables and also twice across South Africa's Kalahari Desert, also 250km
Dion Leonard is a 41 year old Australian who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland with his wife Lucja. Dion has not only completed but competed in some of the world’s toughest ultra marathons across the planet’s most inhospitable landscapes. This includes running across the brutal Moroccan Sahara desert twice in the 250km Marathon Des Sables and also twice across South Africa's Kalahari Desert, also 250km. Dion's latest 250km ra
Just before they were about to leave, however, Gobi disappeared, setting off a worldwide search for the stray. Follow their unlikely friendship through the challenges of an 80-mile race and Dion’s struggle to bring Gobi home for good.Finding Gobi: The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey is the incredible true story of Dion Leonard, an athlete who was befriended by a stray dog while running an ultramarathon through the Gobi Desert. He let her sleep in his tent and share his food, and eventually, his focus shifted from winning to the