Cape to Cape
Crazy: from the Northern Cape to Cape Town - by bike, as a self-supporter without external support and with the aim of setting a record time.
The blatant idea comes from professional adventurer Jonas Deichmann, who holds several such records on long-distance routes in Europe, Asia and America. He teamed up with photographer and long-distance biker Hympendahl, who documented the exertions of 72 days and 7:27 hours in fascinating pictures. When Hympendahl finally has to break off in Egypt, Deichmann goes it alone. The authors succeed in capturing an adventurous and insane cycle tour in such a way that it leaves the reader breathless. But it also gives an idea of what drives people like Deichmann. A lesson in endurance, perseverance, failure and arriving anyway.
Barbara Merz-Weigandt
Editor-in-Chief
