Lost Tree
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The Lost Tree, also known as the Arbre Thierry Sabine, is an isolated relict tree in the Ténéré region of the Sahara in northeast Niger.
Bikers approaching the tree, 2003
Plaque commemorating the death of Thierry Sabine
Thierry Sabine
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Thierry Sabine was a French wrangler, motorcycle racer and founder and main organizer of the Dakar Rally.
Lost Tree
…visual landmark on the desolate route between Adrar Bous in the northern Aïr Mountains, and the outpost of Chirfa on the edge of the Djado Plateau. Thierry Sabine, founder of the Dakar Rally which ran in Africa from 1979 to 2007, died in a helicopter crash near Timbuktu during the 1986 rally. His ashes were…
Sabine during the 1986 Paris-Alger-Dakar rally, on 4 January.