Cycling adventure in aid of Covid relief

Writer: Hedda Mittner.

It is with smiles from ear to ear and hearts filled to bursting that the Grootbos Foundation team welcomed back the two intrepid cyclists, Ian Privett of Globalcyclingtours.com and Mark Lawson of CycletheCape.com on Friday 16 October.

The charismatic adventurers, who joined forces to undertake an unsupported cycle adventure, The Whole Way Round, had set off on 11 September from the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve near Gansbaai, where Ian’s younger brother Sean is the Conservation Director.

Criss-crossing the Western Cape by bicycle over 35 days to raise much-needed funds for Covid-19 Relief Programmes of the Grootbos Foundation NPO, they covered nearly 6 000 km – a distance even further than crossing the continental USA – with a total ascent equal to climbing Mount Everest seven times!

“We are deeply honoured by Ian and Mark’s vision, their passion and many hours in the saddle, in order to help rebuild the lives of the most vulnerable local communities served by the Foundation,” said Phil Murray of the Grootbos Foundation.

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