Sean Curnow: Welcome to the eleventh update for the UAE Charity Challenge Team.

The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge is less than 2 weeks away now. The race begins with a Super Special spectator stage near Abu Dhabi city on the 27th March to decide the starting order. The official race then starts on the 28th March with competitors departing Abu Dhabi and heading out for 5 days into the Liwa Desert and the Moreeb area of the Empty Quarter (Rub Al Khali), the world's largest uninterrupted sand mass boasting some of its highest dunes.

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Sean Curnow: Welcome to the ninth update for the UAE Charity Challenge Team. It has been a while since we have issued an update – but we are proud to announce that we have recently completed our charitable commitment to our sponsors for 2009.

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