Join us this week for an ultramarathon through the Sahara desert! Athlete Mauro Prosperi ran the Marathon de Sables in 1994 and things did in fact get bizarre. Featuring an extreme crash diet not recommended by healthcare professionals. We are loving extreme landscapes this season!!

SOURCES for this episode: 

Alone in the Sahara: The Survival Story of Mauro Prosperi: https://www.offgridweb.com/survival/alone-in-the-sahara-the-survival-story-of-mauro-prosperi/

Here’s How a Runner Survived Nine Days in the Sahara Desert: https://nerdist.com/article/how-runner-survived-nine-days-sahara-desert-mauro-prosperi/

An episode of My Favorite Murder called Show-Off Time: https://www.myfavoritemurder.com/episodes/304-show-off-time?rq=Plane%20crash

How I drank urine and bat blood to survive: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30046426

Backcountry Bizarre is hosted by Zoe Leake, co-hosted this week by Thomas Wartenberg.

Audio is produced and edited by Scott Mathson at the Recording Center in Missoula, Montana

Cover art by Emma Harrison, @emmharr

Music by The Skurfs, @theskurfs

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