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We've made it into the final week of the countdown with relatively little in the way of panic setting in just yet....but there are still 5 days to go until we're off!
To update you all on the situation:
- Sponsorship money continues to come in from all angles and walks of life; The Liss Royal Naval Ass. have kindly offered to donate a sum of money for every VC site we manage to get to, which should be around 70.
- Vango, Asics and Leatherman have all decided to very kindly sponsor us with the equipment we'll be needing to make the trip a whole lot easier!
- The Colonel is being constantly worked on and fine tuned by Duncan Southall to ensure its ready for the big off in four days time; new features include a rear shelf, deadlocks on all doors and security window film fitted to all windows, just in case!
Our final day in the UK will be Friday 28th December as our ferry sailing to France departs at 23.45hrs from Portsmouth.....FINALLY THE BIG DAY IS HERE!
We will be keeping this website much more up to date once we head off onto the road in just under a weeks time with bi-weekly updates of the diaries, route and photos.
Keep logging in to stay in touch with our expedition! Happy Christmas to you all, good luck for 2008!
Ben & Owen
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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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