{"id":13571,"date":"2021-01-19T12:40:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T12:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/?p=13571"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:59:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:59:51","slug":"explorer-alice-morrison-gets-that-sinking-feeling-crossing-the-sahara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/explorer-alice-morrison-gets-that-sinking-feeling-crossing-the-sahara\/","title":{"rendered":"Quicksand! Explorer Alice Morrison gets that sinking feeling crossing the Western Sahara"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approx read: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h3 id=\"quicksand-explorer-alice-morri\">In this episode we chat to Alice Morrison &#8211; the &#8220;Indiana Jones for girls&#8221; &#8211; has had her fair share of adventure.<\/h3>\n<p>But crossing the Sahara accompanied by her Berber team and their camels almost ended in disaster. She recounts the perilous moment her team plunged into quicksand &#8211; and what they did to escape.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Quicksand! 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