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“He’s a little crazy. Sometimes we had to bring him back to earth”: Annika and Jessica, guardian angels of their father Mike Horn

2024-01-30T15:29:05.213Z

Highlights: Annika and Jessica Horn have helped their father mount his expeditions to the ends of the world. Last November, they completed the Sand Half Marathon in the desert of Jordan. “ It was rich, inspiring and moving. The adventure, with our family, we can only be a fan,” the youngest Jessica tells us on the train to reach Lausanne, where she is based. ‘We struggled in soft sand with the sun beating down at over 30°C. It was physically hard but in those moments, you should definitely not,’ Annika adds.


STORY - Since the death of their mother, the two sisters have helped the famous explorer mount his expeditions to the ends of the world.


Adventure as the common thread of a life.

School benches in the small town of Château-d'Œx in Switzerland, dreaming of their father Mike Horn's expeditions in the Andes, on the Arctic Circle or in the Karakoram (mountain range in northern Pakistan , from India and western China), to the desert of Jordan, last November, when they completed the Sand Half Marathon.

One hundred and twenty km of walking in the protected area of ​​Wadi Rum, zigzagging through the sandstone mountains that the two sisters, aged 29 and 30, completed in the same second, after twenty hours of effort.

It was rich, inspiring and moving.

We really wanted to do this together.

The adventure, with our family, we can only be a fan

,” the youngest Jessica tells us on the train to reach Lausanne, where she is based.

We struggled in soft sand with the sun beating down at over 30°C.

It was physically hard but in those moments, you should definitely not…

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Source: lefigaro

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