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Peter van Kets talks to us about his endurance races and how the lessons he's learned can help you in your every day life. Get inspired! Our product experts also review the Bushnell Golf Watch for all those Golf fanatics...
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Thabang Skwambane speaks to us about cycling unsupported all the way to Kilimanjaro for his Lonely Road Foundation charity and attempting to experience the road travelled by orphans every day. We also review the brand new GoPro Hero4 Black Edition which is available on Pre-Order in SA!
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Who wouldn't want to win $1mill? Alex Harris talks to us about the Munga race and why it's being called the toughest race yet. We also take a look at a trail camera that can send photos via MMS in our product review!
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Louie Greeff is a 62 year old extreme adventurer who has embarked on a second trip to swim 2300kms down the world's most dangerous river - the mighty Zambezi. He is also a renowned travel author and he’s adventures are well documented and worth a read!
Louie will be going through 7 southern African countries, swimming past 180,000 crocodiles, thousands of hippos, killer rapids and Zambezi sharks. On land, he’ll encounter lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, poisonous snakes and landmines.
Although the above mentioned challenges seem insane, the purpose behind Louie’s venture is a heart-warming one and one tends to forget how many ill faced circumstances still exist in our beautiful continent.
“The aim is to raise awareness about children living in abject poverty including numerous health issues amongst children orphaned because their parents have died of either malaria, TB, AIDS or landmines and Louie will also showcase orphans along the way as he was one too. Some of these very young orphans as young as 4 years are complete alcoholics.
They scavenge the land for anything they can eat even though they plant vegetables for prison staff in Lusaka.
These children have been jailed for selling marijuana to tourists and sentenced to 5 years. They serve 4 in jail and the last at the vegetable station. If they eat any of the vegetables, they are back in jail for an additional 5 years. All of them have been raped and traumatized and even though they sleep under makeshift plastic shelters, they are happy to be free.
I did this very same extremely dangerous trip in 2000 raising awareness about soiled water and education amongst the very poor tribal communities.”
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Saray Khumalo attempted to be the first black African lady to summit Mount Everest this year. Her trip was sadly cut short due to the devastating avalanche that killed 13 Sherpas. We also take a look at the Powermonkey Extreme solar powered charger with the CEO from Wintec Solutions in our product review!
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