Mauro Prosperi
Every year, thousands of people meet in Moroco at the Sahara
dessert for the Marathon des Sables. This six-day marathon
consists of walking 151 miles (251 km) through the dessert.
Mauro Prosperi was only 37 years old when a sand storm
started during the marathon getting him lost. After three days of
walking alone in the dessert he ran out of food and water and his
only resources where his own urine and some animals such as
snakes. He survived mostly by eating non-poison frogs. He tried
to kill himself two times by cutting his veins, both attempts failed.
After over 7 days of walking alone he was finally found almost
300 miles away from where he first got lost. He was very
dehydrated and he had loosen over 18 pounds. Nowdays hes
married, he has a beautiful family and he still loves to spend time
in the dessert.