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A week into the adventure now and only a few days left until Owen arrives at Marrakech airport to start the adventure proper!
So a quick summary...arrived in Morocco to the usual hassling African border control, ahhh so many more of these to come, since then have journeyed south through the Rif, Middle and High Atlas mountains to the base camp where I'm writing this from on the edge of the Sahara at Erg Chebbi.
Last night I was camped in the car park of a hotel with a foot of snow outside and tonight I'm camped on the edge of the Sahara in a picturesque oasis....ahhh travelling bliss!
I will endeavour to update the site as much as I can but finding a wireless connection can prove difficult and frustrating! To keep up to date with the latest diary/photos/route please follow the relevant links within afritrex.com, thank you!
From a happy and fulfilled Ben, signing out
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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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