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Explorer and humanitarian Kingsley Holgate is embarking on what is said to be the world's first 'Hot Cape to Cold Cape' expedition, from the southern-most tip of Africa, Cape Agulhas, to the most northern part of Europe, Nordkapp in Norway's Arctic Circle.

adventurer Kingsley Holgate will be fighting against malaria in a grueling 30 000km transcontinental expeditionExplorer and humanitarian Kingsley Holgate and his team will go on a 30 000km journey from Cape Agulhas in South Africa to Nordkapp in Norway to raise funds to fight malaria. They will distribute reading glasses to poor sighted elderly people under Mashozi's Rite to Sight campaign.

On Friday, Holgate and his team of explorers launched their 40th expedition, called the Defender Transcontinental Expedition, at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg. The team will also be distributing reading glasses to poor-sighted elderly people, through Mashozi's Rite to Sight, which was started by, and is a tribute to, Holgate's late wife Gill. The initiative has been able to provide 230 000 pairs of reading glasses.

 

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Piece of shit land rover will break down before he gets to Jhb. Get a Cruiser if want to complete this journey my man.

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