The new record of Max Calderan and his cornerstones in ‘The Line in the Desert’

‘The Line in the Desert’ is released, the story of Max Calderan, the explorer who first crossed the Rub ‘Al-Khali, the largest sand desert in the world and the last unexplored frontier of the earth before his passage. A historical exploration that will lead to changing the geographical maps by adding the traced path now known as Calderan Line. Published by Gribaudo and co-written with the journalist Simona Recanatini, ‘The line in the desert’ tells the story of Max: the story of a child who dreams of going to Mars and who, forty years later, now a man, crosses for first on foot, alone, the 1,100 km of Rub’Al-Khali, the largest sand desert in the world that can contain France, Belgium and the Netherlands all together, which the Bedouins call the Empty Quarter ,, a tongue of sand so imposing that it was baptized the ‘fourth part’ after earth, sky and sea. In between life, love for family, successes and failures, great enterprises, a passion for science and for nature, in short, everything that has led Max Calderan to be one of the most multifaceted and multifaceted personalities of our time. 192 pages that contain the story of the explorer and his desire to never give up, to take an extra step also when everything invites you to surrender, but also the his training method and the one to keep himself in perfect health, the psychology and the mindset that led him to carry out an epochal undertaking, the crossing that many call precisely ‘Calderan Line’, which is not just a trace in the desert, but a lifestyle in which science, health, nature and movement are embraced and patience is practiced. “Patience, in Arabic (sabr), is the magic word that I have learned and developed over the years by being in close contact with the Bedouins. A sura from the Koran highlights that man is always at a loss to time. Except in two situations. The first: time stops running when men, among themselves, stop to recommend to each other good, love, health, happiness (not money). In this case, time stops with them. The second, referring to the sabr, occurs when men stop and at the same time mutually recommend patience, that is to know how to wait for everything to arrive – says the author Max Calderan – Because when there are the premises related to health, to happiness and love, patience will give us what we want. Anything that is done for other reasons than these will make us losers for life, regardless of what has been materially accumulated. I can’t help but think about the fact that I waited 46 years before being able to tackle the Empty Quarter “. Explorer, known as Mahdi by the Bedouins, today holds fourteen world premieres of desert exploration, among which the crossing for 90 consecutive hours without stop in Oman along the line of the Tropic of Cancer and the 360 ​​km in 75 hours, covered in summer in Saudi Arabia. A multifaceted athlete, a profound connoisseur of the Middle East, the Italian explorer of Venetian origins has always challenged the most impassable deserts alone, reaching incredible heights In 2014 Al Jazeera produced the documentary ‘Son of the Desert’ about his exploits.