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In May next year, South African explorer Ray Chaplin will undertake a 75 000km journey travel singapore to complete the first human-powered vertical circumnavigation travel singapore of the world. Along the way he'll promote the importance of preserving world heritage.
Besides raising money for the project, one of his biggest challenges will be to keep his mind and body strong. It is a long journey and it will be mentally, physically and emotionally taxing to keep going for the full distance.
First, the intrepid adventurer will cycle north to Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and then to Lake Assal in Djibouti, the lowest point on the continent. To complete the African stage of the journey, he will travel to Ras ben Sakka, the northernmost tip of Africa.
The expedition has been planned in stages, with each one starting at the exact place where the previous leg ended. The seven stages, in order, are: Africa, Europe, the Arctic, North America, South America, Antarctica (which includes the notorious Drake Passage) and the Southern Ocean.
Between 1979 and 1982 Sir Ranulph Fiennes ' TransGlobe travel singapore expedition travel singapore became the first to circumnavigate the world via the poles. Fiennes, described as one of the world s greatest living explorers, went on to document the exploration in his autobiography, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know .
Fiennes travel singapore used all means of travel travel singapore including camels, four-wheel-drive vehicles and boats to complete his expedition, but Chaplin will rely solely on human-powered transport. This means that he can only walk, run, ski, ride a bicycle, kayak or use a pedal boat.
He intends to cross the Arctic Ocean using a combination of both skiing and kayaking. However, his greatest concern is the Drake Passage, a dangerous stretch of water between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean with the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean and extends into the Southern Ocean.
To cross this treacherous leg of the journey, he plans to use a combination boat with both pedalling and rowing capabilities. As he will be covering travel singapore such long distances and harsh, unforgiving terrain travel singapore on a bicycle, he looks forward to rowing. After cycling so much, my body will struggle to propel itself, but the dual pedal and rowing boat will help to overcome that, he says.
He says that most people told him that succeeding at this stage of the journey is impossible. But I spoke to people who are skilled at this, who know the dangerous terrain, and they tell me it can be done. This is good enough for me.
The fact that his journey is a north-south expedition and involves polar travel is also problematic. This means that he has to stick to a tight schedule as some areas aren t accessible at certain times of the year.
The rules stipulate that a person has to travel no less than 40 000 km - the distance of the equator, Chaplin says. His vertical circumnavigation route crosses all lines of latitude, passes through 51 countries and crosses the Arctic and Southern Oceans twice.
Chaplin travel singapore maintains that if explorers such as Fiennes could complete similar journeys without the help of certain technological advances, there is no reason why he can t, with modern technology travel singapore such as the global positioning system (GPS), be successful. Thanks to technology, I will be in constant contact with the world, travel singapore he says.
Other modern equipment and suitable travel singapore clothing from local outdoor gear manufacturer First Ascent will also help him to deal with the harsh elements. Chaplin will be travelling without a support crew, and he will rely on parcel deliveries at various airports around the world to replenish certain supplies.
He will attempt to visit at least one site a month, record it and stream it online. In addition to showing what the site looks like, he will talk about its heritage and why it should be preserved from threats such as politics or natural elements.
His goal is to make the material available, free of charge, on the expedition travel singapore s website. He also wants to work with organisations travel singapore to provide educational material to schools in Africa. As part of the education drive, Chaplin wants to set up computer centres that are solar- and wind-powered.
Chaplin speaks from experience when he talks about the benefits of reduced reliance on traditional modes of transport such as motor cars. Since September 2006, I haven t owned a car. From a sustainability, health and financial point of view, the benefits are incredible, he says.
He hopes that by cycling such great distances during his expedition, he will encourage people to think twice about using motorised transport. The fact that he is setting out to circumnavigate the world using human power shows that it is possible to get around, over much shorter distances, under your own steam.
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