ESSENTIAL TOGETHER FOR CINEMA
MARATHON MAN
EI presents an account of the massive effort by Chris Pinder, MD of HDANYWHERE and OneAV, to raise money for Together For Cinema by taking part in the Marathon Des Sables. The Marathon Des Sables (MDS) event consists of a gruelling equivalent of six marathons in six days in the Sahara Desert in heat up to 50°C. Chris explains, “Thank you for reading this article and thanks for letting this challenge capture your attention. That’s exactly the reason why I chose MDS. I felt it was eyebrow-raising enough to get noticed and entice people to donate. And it worked! It worked so well that we exceeded the target to pretty much double! “I received so much support and encouragement from the industry. I’m super grateful to everyone that followed my journey. Thanks to those who liked social media posts and sent supportive comments. Eventually I got to read them all after 10-days without tech in the desert and it was wonderful.” Chris adds, “As for the race itself, well, it was way harder than I expected. I lost 6kg in six-days. It’s hard to describe just what it’s like succinctly but I’ll try. You feel like you’ve been taken captive and sent to a French-run prisoner of war camp on mars. You have no worldly possessions other than your running shoes and your rucksack. And you have to run every day to get your water and reach the next camp. This repeats for six days.
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Chris continues, “You think you’ve trained well for it until you realise the terrain is softer than any beach you’ve ran on and your rucksack brutally digs into your shoulders. Every day is a relief when you reach the finish line. But the landscapes are epic, your tent mates and
fellow race comrades are incredible people to share the experience with. And you can see all the stars and hundreds of satellites above you at night. Every day was different. We had sandstorms to contend with, blistering heat, blistered feet, all in all it was a full-on ordeal.
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