On the twelfth of this month, a person will set off in a camper van along with his spouse with the north of Norway as his first vacation spot. The remainder of the journey might be on bicycle.
Setting off on the first of August, he’ll try to cycle from this northern level in Scandavia to Cape City in South Africa as a way to elevate funds for victims from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, biking 242 kilometres every day. He’s hoping to achieve Cape City in October, if all issues go to plan.
Motril resident, Miguel González (53) has come a good distance since he weighed 170 kilos, which was when he determined to do one thing about it and that he was going to need to stroll, and stroll loads, to shake off his weight problems, which he did. Now he’s turned to biking… and a hell of a good distance (17,000 kilometres roughly).
He says that he was impressed by a Netflix documentary known as De Cabo a Cabo en Bici (from Cape to Cape on a Bicycle). The 2 folks concerned didn’t set a file as certainly one of them had dropped out alongside the way in which. Since watching this he has spent two years planning the journey.
The journey will take him from Norway to Sweden, Germany, France and Spain. When he arrives in Almería, he’ll take a ferry to Argelia after which proceed south however now unaccompanied by his spouse within the camper van. He plans to cycle 12 hours a day at a gradual tempo. In his coaching, he’s even cycled on seashore sand to prepared himself for this sort of terrain.
And the Sahara Desert? He’s geared up with a tent, 12 litres of water and a satelite telephone in case of emergencies. It’s not till the final leg of the journey that he’ll meet up along with his spouse once more.
So, how can he show that he’s cycled the route? He should discover locals every day who will certify that he has handed that manner on his bike. He may even preserve a log-book diary to file every day achievements.
After all, this prices cash – some 18,000 euros, which have been funded partially by Motril companies, however this journey is about elevating funds for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) victims who quantity between 4,000 and 5,000 simply in Spain.
(Information: Motril, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia – Supply Article/Photograph: Superb/Javier Martin)
