Abu Dhabi/Dubai: Nemo and Dimeski, two friends in Abu Dhabi walked 125kms from Abu Dhabi to Dubai on March 4.
Serbian Nemo Stojanovic, 30, who works in property management and Macedonian Darko Dimeski, 28, an engineer, who used to spend hours in front their computers spared a second to think of time they spent on being healthy.
A thought led the two to decide to embark on a walk from UAE’s capital city Abu Dhabi to Dubai.
The duo said that they were not sportsmen or athletes, but were ready to push their limits. “We did play sports regularly, but we wanted to do something more, they said.
They trained regularly by “walking without breaks for 5 hours.”
Daman Active Life sponsored them the equipment and professional thriathlete Omar Nour gave the best possible shoes and socks for the journey.
In a series of Facebook posts, they narrated their journey.
“Officially we’ve done 120km or 160.000 steps carrying 5kg camel bag. 44hrs of adventure. We drank 16 litres of water each along with 3 litres of juice. It was extremely hard and looked impossible at the beginning, as all other things in the life. We got sunburn,skin iritation,slept between highway in t-shirt, but quitting was the last thing to think about. Motivation, excellent equipment and will to succeed and your support was stronger than those 12.500.000 cm of the road.”
