Africa solo : my world record race from Cairo to Cape Town
Beaumont, Mark, 1983-2017
Books, Manuscripts
In the spring of 2015, Mark Beaumont set out from the bustling heart of Cairo on his latest world record attempt - solo, the length of Africa, intending to ride to Cape Town in under 50 days. Seven years since he smashed the world record for cycling round the world, this would be his toughest trip yet. And he would set a new mark that would simply break the limits of endurance. Despite illness, mechanical faults, attempted robbery and stone-throwing children, as well as dehydration in the deserts and unprecedented levels of exhaustion, Mark completed the journey in just 41 days, ten hours and 22 minutes after cycling 6762 miles, spending 439 hours in the saddle (sometimes up to 16 hours a day) and climbing 190,355 feet through eight countries.
Main title:
Africa solo : my world record race from Cairo to Cape Town / Mark Beaumont.
Author:
Beaumont, Mark, 1983-, author
Imprint:
London : Corgi Books, 2017.
Collation:
333 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Bantam, 2016.
ISBN:
9780552172479 (pbk)
Dewey class:
916.043312916.043312 BEA916.043
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2461387