MAF-flies-Dr.-Andrea-Hotchkins-Rivers-Camp-Mohammed-Abakar-and-a-local-Teda-woman-to-Bardai-in-the-far-north-a-5-hour-flight-on-MAF-or-a-road-trip-that-can-take-from-3-to-5-days-across-the-desert.-Mark-Ortman-who-has-worked-in-the-north-for-many-years-meets-the-plane-at-the-desert-airstrip-a-20-minute-drive-from-Bardai-village.-The-flight-to-Bardai-is-done-in-two-legs.-The-first-is-a-3-hour-flight-over-empty-flat-desert-to-Faya-where-the-plane-is-refueled.-The-second-portion-is-2-hours-flying-over-the-Tibesti-mountains-to-Bardai-which-includes-the-highest-mountain-in-both-Chad-and-the-Sahara-Desert-at-3445-meters-11302-ft
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