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The final of the challenges on Afrcian soil which make up the expedition has been completed and it was particularly tough!
Ras Dashen in Ethiopia is 4543m above sea level but to get to it requires the ascent and descent of Ethiopia's second highest mountain too...
I decided to reduce the three day trek to two in order to try and gain a day and be ahead for the trip north to Wadi Halfa and the ferry across Lake Nasser, but this meant giving myself the hardest and most challenging of all of the tasks I set myself over a year ago.
When I arrived back at the Colonel I was totally exhausted and the second of my big toenails is due to seperate from my foot sometime in the next few weeks...delightful!
I am now in Khartoum arranging the next few days of the trip, sweltering in the heat here and preparing for the big push north to try and get home in time for Christmas lunch at my sisters the day after running the final marathon back into my home town of Petersfield, Hampshire!
AFRITREX IS NEARING COMPLETION.
Please read the blogs when you get a chance....
Ben
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Welcome to Afritrex - A privately funded charity endurance challenge of marathons, mountains and more; documenting the encounters, obstacles and achievements of 12 months of hard fundraising and charity work across Africa.
Whilst circumnavigating the African Continent I will complete the following challenges:
- To complete five marathons of at least 26 miles
- To climb five of the highest mountains in Africa
- To visit as many of the sites across Africa where the Victoria Cross has been won as possible (VC180 Challenge)
"The challenge to make every penny count"
Have a closer look at the site and find out more about how we'll be spending 2008.
Keep up to date !! - The action is happening as we speak...
Click here for the latest diary entry
Click here for the latest photos
Click here for the latest route
Project Overview
My name is Ben Southall and for the last decade I’ve travelled extensively throughout Southern Africa taking on projects and expeditions to test my abilities and discover exciting new areas of the African continent, whilst in the UK I take part in fitness and endurance events to raise money for charity and thought it was about time I combined the two fields to create my own fundraising expedition from with others could benefit.
So was born Afritrex: the logistical equivalent of one man trying to build spaghetti junction using Taiwanese instructions and a broken shovel.
The idea was simple: take one continent; attempt to circumnavigate it and whilst doing so try and stay fit enough to complete a number of endurance challenges to raise money for my chosen charities and whilst doing so post it all on the internet!
This is set to be the most challenging, exciting and exhausting year of my life, can I really do it?
"The answer is I don't know,
so why not find out!"
This is me Ben Southall and this is my mission throughout 2008. Stay in contact with my progress updates on how things are going through this site.
I’ll be keeping you informed of my progress through biweekly updates to the site, route information and with regular photo and video blogs.
Check our route and progress here
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