- CAIRO (AP) -- Two British
adventurers ran an overnight marathon past Egypt's ancient pyramids and
through empty Cairo streets Saturday on the sixth leg of their bid to complete
seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.
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- Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and his running partner,
Michael Stroud, started at the Giza pyramids, on the southwestern edge
of Cairo, at 6 p.m. Friday, joined by about 40 Egyptian runners.
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- Mr. Fiennes ran in support of the Women for Peace International,
an organization chaired by Egyptian first lady Suzanne Mubarak, and the
People to People initiative, which promotes international peace, according
to a press statement.
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- The pair's final marathon is planned for New York City
on Sunday. They have already completed marathons in London, Singapore,
Chile, the Falkland Islands and Australia.
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- Fiennes described the Singapore leg of his challenge
as "hell on Earth" after temperatures soared above 90 degrees.
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- The 59-year-old Fiennes, who had double bypass surgery
following a heart attack in June, was once described by the Guinness Book
of World Records as the "world's greatest living explorer" for
leading more than 30 expeditions, including the first polar circumnavigation
of the Earth, in 1982.
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