Each year since 2003, a group of strong-willed men and women have undertaken a journey of body and soul on roads less traveled, pedaling their way across Africa on the ultimate long distance cycling adventure. Tour d’Afrique, an 11,800 km (7,375 miles) bicycle expedition and race from Cairo to Cape Town. This classic route will challenge me physically and mentally like no other – and reward with scenes of unsurpassed splendor and an incomparable feeling of accomplishment. The Tour features 96 cycling days or stages, averaging 123 km (77 miles) each, broken up by 22 rest days and 2 days of ferry boat travel for a total of 120 days in traversing Africa from North to South. Stages range from 80 km on rough terrain to more than 180 km on the best paved roads. Traveling through 10 countries in all, I will cycle along the Nile past ancient temples, through the Sudanese desert, and up and down the biblical landscapes of Ethiopia’s rugged Simian Mountains. After crossing the Equator in Kenya, I will pedal past legendary Mount Kilimanjaro, to Lake Malawi, Victoria Falls, and along the edges of the magnificent Kalahari and Namib deserts, en route to the finish ofthe epic journey in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa.
Rick:
good luck.
Byron Price