Africa solo : my world record race from Cairo to Cape town
Beaumont, Mark, 1983-2016
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In the spring of 2015, Mark Beaumont set out from the bustling heart of Cairo on his latest world record attempt - solo, the length of Africa, intending to ride to Cape Town in under 50 days. Seven years since he smashed the world record for cycling round the world, this would be his toughest trip yet. And he would set a new mark that would simply break the limits of endurance. Despite illness, mechanical faults, attempted robbery and stone-throwing children, as well as dehydration in the deserts and unprecedented levels of exhaustion, Mark completed the journey in just 41 days, 10 hours and 22 minutes, after cycling 6,762 miles, spending 439 hours in the saddle (sometimes up to 16 hours a day) and climbing 190,355 feet through 8 countries.
Main title:
Africa solo : my world record race from Cairo to Cape town / Mark Beaumont.
Author:
Beaumont, Mark, 1983-, author
Imprint:
London : Bantam Press, 2016.London : Bantam Press, 2016.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780593076330 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.64092796.64
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2308966