'The Hardest Geezer' has revealed the scariest moment from his gruelling 352-day run across the whole length of Africa. In a news conference, Russ Cook said that - out of the 16 countries he visited during his 9,941-mile journey - he was most afraid 'in the Congo on the back of a motorbike, thinking I was about to die'. He had gone missing and was separated from his supporters for days in the jungle, but was eventually freed after villagers armed with machetes were paid off.
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