One of the greatest sporting achievements EVER - truly the Hardest Geezer of all time, and an absolute inspiration. Hats off to that living (and now forever a) legend
Olsen ran from Egypt to the southern tip, so yes he ran the length of Africa, but our boy Russ ran the ENTIRE length of Africa, tip to tip. One look at the routes and I reckon there’s no dispute. Man’s a legend!
The record is still open because he got in a car at end of runs to go to a hotel then back to his last stop. If someone starts from the bottom to the top but camps in a tent every night and not get into a car then they are the true first so it’s there for the taking. The moment his feet were carried off the ground he lost the whole record.
@@anton__84 What are you waffling?? He tracked every meter on Strava. Where he finished for the day is where he started the next day. Did you expect him to fall asleep at the very spot he finished running for the day? He stayed in His van/truck more than hotels
@@xNorth931 Yes you camp you don’t get in a car it doesn’t matter if you come back to the exact location it’s got to be uninterrupted to be a record. I give you another example people rowing the Atlantic cannot row for a day then get onto a yacht then start again the next day. In your head I can start running get into a helicopter at the end of the day fly to a hotel for a week if I want to then go back to where I finished and set off again. How is that a record?
@@anton__84 bro it makes no difference to the difficulty of the run if you stay in one place and sleep in a tent/car (which he did most of the time fyi) vs getting in a car and driving to a hotel and then back the start point. At the end of the day running the length of Africa is a huge logistical challenge and as you can see from his experience often the running is the easiest part, the injuries, illness and borders are harder and he overcame all of them to stay the course. If you care about it being uninterrupted all you are waiting for, is someone with more money to throw at the logistical operation so that they can remain uninjured, illness free and have someone streamlining borders, which in my opinion is not even as impressive, tent or not.
The people debating if he is the first to do this are clueless. No person has ever run from the southern most point of Africa to the northern most point of Africa. Fact.
Agreed. As for the other two attempts while both impressive, the British guy finished at the pyramids in Cairo, which is well short of russ's attempt and I can't find the official start point for the danish guy but again it was in Egypt and doesn't seem like a true length of Africa to me. Feel like World Runners Association are just begging for validation because which one of them decided the length of Africa was a debatable distance?
Russ did right in giving them Kudos, though maybe he can have their names ready next time... Especially chap who did a north to south route (and another continent?!) but not really the 'whole' length
One of the extraordinary achievements of human physical endurance. Belongs in the history books. First man to run from the Southernmost point to Northernmost point of Africa. Absolute legend - and so are Stan, Guus, and co. Seriously inspiring stuff! Well, well done!! 😃
struggled to watch 4 mins before giving up and reading the comments. The Africa Project was a team effort, all the crew need to be interviewed together. It was an extraordinary achievement all round.
Proepr gutter press question about those who have done something similar before. Give the man his flowers. Built a brand and an audience whilst taking this on. Any of them achieve that?
I give to charity. Unwanted items around the house I bring to local charity shops, relating to both people, animals and the environment. I donate £20 a month to the Royal Society for Prevention Cruelty to Animals. When I buy stamps at the post office I always say they can keep the change and that change goes to charity. But I don't phone the newspapers about it and tell a camera crew to start running the cameras because I'm buying stamps. Highly publicized charity that's uploaded to every corner of the internet isn't really charity at all, it's all done for someone's ego.
One of the greatest sporting achievements EVER - truly the Hardest Geezer of all time, and an absolute inspiration. Hats off to that living (and now forever a) legend
People really need to watch the journey on RUclips one of the best things I’ve watched.
Olsen ran from Egypt to the southern tip, so yes he ran the length of Africa, but our boy Russ ran the ENTIRE length of Africa, tip to tip. One look at the routes and I reckon there’s no dispute. Man’s a legend!
The record is still open because he got in a car at end of runs to go to a hotel then back to his last stop. If someone starts from the bottom to the top but camps in a tent every night and not get into a car then they are the true first so it’s there for the taking. The moment his feet were carried off the ground he lost the whole record.
@@anton__84 What are you waffling?? He tracked every meter on Strava. Where he finished for the day is where he started the next day.
Did you expect him to fall asleep at the very spot he finished running for the day? He stayed in His van/truck more than hotels
@@xNorth931 Yes you camp you don’t get in a car it doesn’t matter if you come back to the exact location it’s got to be uninterrupted to be a record. I give you another example people rowing the Atlantic cannot row for a day then get onto a yacht then start again the next day. In your head I can start running get into a helicopter at the end of the day fly to a hotel for a week if I want to then go back to where I finished and set off again. How is that a record?
Yeah fun idea, but completely unrealistic if you think about it for longer than a quarter of a second@@anton__84
@@anton__84 bro it makes no difference to the difficulty of the run if you stay in one place and sleep in a tent/car (which he did most of the time fyi) vs getting in a car and driving to a hotel and then back the start point.
At the end of the day running the length of Africa is a huge logistical challenge and as you can see from his experience often the running is the easiest part, the injuries, illness and borders are harder and he overcame all of them to stay the course. If you care about it being uninterrupted all you are waiting for, is someone with more money to throw at the logistical operation so that they can remain uninjured, illness free and have someone streamlining borders, which in my opinion is not even as impressive, tent or not.
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The people debating if he is the first to do this are clueless. No person has ever run from the southern most point of Africa to the northern most point of Africa. Fact.
to add to this, no one's done it the other way round either!
To add further, nobody has ran it quicker by any measure either, none of the others were just a mad lad from worthing either.
Hate that they had to bring up this silly controversy while he’s trying to enjoy the moment
Agreed. As for the other two attempts while both impressive, the British guy finished at the pyramids in Cairo, which is well short of russ's attempt and I can't find the official start point for the danish guy but again it was in Egypt and doesn't seem like a true length of Africa to me. Feel like World Runners Association are just begging for validation because which one of them decided the length of Africa was a debatable distance?
Sadly for them they didnt run from the northernmost point to the southernmost point
Russ did right in giving them Kudos, though maybe he can have their names ready next time... Especially chap who did a north to south route (and another continent?!) but not really the 'whole' length
@@toutingthomas I mean the tv station should have had their names tbf they put him on the spot.
wonderful sporting personality, and he did such a brilliant job....woeful presenters
The PM questions were quite awkward
A very humble man.Hats off to him.Yes,I think they are truly stoical, and running in Africa! the most risky continent of all.
it looks like you never travel outside of your city bcz this nonsense comment comes from people who spread wrong information about Africa.
Russ, don’t forget your back up team who were epic as well. We would be sad to see Gus and your team as well.
Well done Russ and the whole team. Together you have achieved so much and inspired many.
With out doubt the best single achievement ever done and known to mankind 🤝🏻🇬🇧
One of the extraordinary achievements of human physical endurance. Belongs in the history books. First man to run from the Southernmost point to Northernmost point of Africa. Absolute legend - and so are Stan, Guus, and co. Seriously inspiring stuff! Well, well done!! 😃
Dear god I hate main stream media personalities
struggled to watch 4 mins before giving up and reading the comments. The Africa Project was a team effort, all the crew need to be interviewed together. It was an extraordinary achievement all round.
That's crazy awesome yo 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Proepr gutter press question about those who have done something similar before. Give the man his flowers. Built a brand and an audience whilst taking this on. Any of them achieve that?
Amazing job, Russ.
Crazy stuff
Legend.
over £800K now. On On
"celebrated with strawberry daiquri" lol
what a legend
Legend
Well done mate
Been following him for last 8 months. Incredible mind blowing achievement. Proper geezer too. Funny fella. Congrats Russ you savage!
He's got to be Sports Personality of the year 2024. What an incredible achievement! Well done Russ!!!
What a guy
pretty crazy achievement
Insane Effort!
🎉🎉🎉😊😊 well-done
The best human sporting achievement.
Not to much to be proud of lately in Britain; Thanks for changing that Russ you legend!
🙌🙌🙌
Top quality guy russ
Strait up VIKING ⚔🛡
See you in three years . After your lap of honour .
first time your presenters here didn't cut into every other sentence. i guess they are able to learn!
Before he left he could have sworn he was starting to grow a beard 😂
Certainly not as dangerous but running through America would be interesting
@LONDONMARATHON you’re missing a trick if you don’t get him involved even if it’s just the start gun!!!
He's running it I believe
Congratulations that was a long joourney.
Congrats Ed on making it awkward
Auction off the hair for charity!
Exactly what I was thinking too!
Absolutely love him but NO ONE needs to see his feet hahahaha
Only guy Chuck Norris is afraid of
When he said Forest Gump met the president, didn't Russ meet a president of an African state? or am I mistaken with the level of the authority he met.
He met ambassadors, but had special permission from the president
The real Forrest Gump
These TV programs really are garbage.
Is 16,000 miles so hard to say you round down?
It was 16,000km, which is around 10,000 miles.
Not convinced he actually did this. Just a bit sceptical
Genuine charity is done without any publicity. This is really just glorified virtue signaling.
Without the publicity he had no chance of even starting the run
Man runs the entire length of Africa in less than a year…… virtue signalling ? 😂😂 good one
I give to charity. Unwanted items around the house I bring to local charity shops, relating to both people, animals and the environment. I donate £20 a month to the Royal Society for Prevention Cruelty to Animals. When I buy stamps at the post office I always say they can keep the change and that change goes to charity. But I don't phone the newspapers about it and tell a camera crew to start running the cameras because I'm buying stamps. Highly publicized charity that's uploaded to every corner of the internet isn't really charity at all, it's all done for someone's ego.
@@John-k6f9k calm down mate, have you raised a million?
Without publicity no money would have even been raised lol.
Incredible accomplishment and amazing story all documented on @hardestgeezer channel. 🎉🎉🎉