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Blessed with absolutely no artistic and photographic skills whatsoever I decided it was about time I started to use at least some of the potential my Canon EOS possesses to record the build up to the expedition, and to capture some images for the website.
I remember a photo a friend, Andy Place, had taken of his Mini prior to departing for the Mongol Rally a couple of years ago, which captured the car on a hillside in the dark of night with only the stars as a means of lighting the frame….I would attempt to do the same but this time try and capture the Perseid meteor show in the background!
This natural phenomenon happens every August throughout the northern hemisphere as the earth moves through the tail of a passing comet resulting in around 80 shooting stars every hour.
So I set off with a few friends to the top of the South Downs just outside Graffham, West Sussex to find a suitable site from which I could practice extended long-exposure shots to capture the movement of the stars AND hopefully a meteor shower.
*CLICK ON THE FLICKR LINK IN THE RH COLUMN TO SEE ALL THE PHOTOS*
Fairly pleased with what I managed to capture, no meteors though and just like the school report….could do better!
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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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