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Have just spent the run up to the weekend um'ing and ah'ing about the best position to mount the rooftent as there are a number of opinions on the right way to do it! Front or back?

At the front allows the vehicle to be moved with the tent up, should we need to in the case of an emergency but being stuck at the front it also acts as a massive air brake, resulting in increased fuel consumption and noise levels, both of which we'll be glad to do without.



Having the tent mounted at the rear above the door will offer some protection from wet weather when the tent is opened, reduce the brick-like aerodynamics of having it at the front while still allowing us to use the front of the roofrack as a floor to sit on, or somewhere to position the camera while we're filming.

Having owned the tent for a couple of months, its now mounted in its final position and is ready for its first test-sleep one night this week.

My nephew Fin decided while we were fitting the tent he'd quite like to come on the expedition so practiced his driving postion!

Posted on 15 Jul 2007 by Ben Southall

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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.

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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.

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