In 1993 Marty Dugard is lashed to the coporate wheel, pursuing a successful marketing career while his dreams of world travel and high adventure slowly face.
So he quits.
While building a new life as a freelance sports journalist, Dugard snatches the opportunity to cover the Raid Gauloises, the notorious eight- to twelve-day race across hundreds of some of the most forbidding miles on the planet. The race pits teams from around the world against hostile wilderness, extreme weather, injuries, and exhaustion. Simply reaching the finish line is a victory.
In this thrilling tale of danger and perseverance, Dugard follows racers through the withering desert heat of Madagascar and the clinging mud and leeches of Borneo, and celebrates the stunning victory of underdog Team Jura in their epic trek across the Makay Massif. We're there with Dugard when, after three years of reporting the Raid Gauloises, he organizes a team and joins the race.
Two journeys converge in Surviving the Toughest Race on Earth. One is an odyssey of change: Dugard gambling his career in pursuit of a dream. The Raid Gauloises is another kind of journey, beyond fatigue and pain to the brittle edge of human endurance.
