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Dear All,
Sorry for the lack of email last week, I did in fact write one and tried sending one but the internet cafes of Cape Town didn’t seem to want let me use my normal address book stored within MS Outlook, so instead I posted the update on the front page of the website!
We spent a great week in Cape Town taking in the usual attractions and caught up with some old friends as well, its amazing how time flies by; its 8 years since I saw some of them and it felt like yesterday – you hear old people saying the same thing the whole time and never really take it into account but its starting to actually mean something now…..maybe even I, the Peter Pan of all people am starting to get old!! Ha ha fat chance!!
Drove for two days to get from
Anthony Coleman is a military historian and the uncle of Patrick, one of the other Overlanders I travelled down from
The visit was a moving and memorable reminder of the strength and power of the
Since then Alex and I have travelled north to
We all head east through Swaziland into Mozambique at over the weekend and head to the coast to dive, train hard on the beaches and soak up some real African sunshine…..oh yes and to enjoy the feast which the Indian Ocean provides!
Hope all is well wherever you are, congratulations to Eve and Gary on the arrival of the first little bundle of fun,
Be back in touch again soon,
Yours expeditionally,
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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