Dan Osman climbs a vertical 400ft cliff in 4 minutes 25 seconds. Just shows what’s possible if you have no fear. Sadly, Dan died in 1998 after his rope failed whilst performing a “free fall jump”. More info about Dan Osman
Archive for December, 2008
Amazing “Speed Rock Climbing”
Sunday, December 21st, 2008Tour d’Afrique 2009 Rest Days
Saturday, December 13th, 2008I thought you might be interested to know when the scheduled rest days are in the forthcoming Tour d’Afrique 2009. By implication, all the other days are very much not rest days.
Start – 10th Jan 2009 Cairo
Egypt
Friday January 16th Luxor
Sudan
Sunday January 25th Dongola
Friday January 30th Khartoum
Ethiopia
Friday February 6th Gondor
Monday February 9th Bahir Dar
Sunday February 15th Addis Ababa
Friday February 20th Arba Minch
Kenya
Saturday February 28th Marsabit
Saturday March 7th Nairobi
Tanzania
Tuesday March 10th Arusha
Wednesday March 11th Arusha
Thursday March 12th Arusha
Friday March 20th Iringa
Malawi
Thursday March 26th Chitimba Beach
Wednesday April 1st Lilongwe
Zambia
Tuesday April 7th Lusaka
Saturday April 11th Victoria Falls
Sunday April 12th Victoria Falls
Botswana
Saturday April 18th Maun
Namibia
Friday April 24th Windhoek
Wednesday April 29th Sossusvlei
Sunday May 3rd Felix Unite
End – 9th May 2009 Capetown
Article in Bournemouth Daily Echo
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008