The Put Foot Rally is an epic African adventure that sees 40 crews take to the open roads of Southern Africa to experience our continent in its purest and wildest form. Most importantly, the rally utilises social media platforms to raise money for the Put Foot Foundation. More than R590,000 was raised in 2012.
Crews may choose any vehicle and follow a route of their choice as they attempt to get around Southern Africa on the “greatest social rally on the face of the earth!” This is a journey that places individuals in the heart of their own personal voyage to discover why Africa is loved, admired and respected.
The Put Foot Rally will expose all 40 crews to the essence of each unique African country that they venture into. Crews will start off from the Start Line in South Africa: in the heart of the Mother City, Cape Town. They will then head off to checkpoints at Namibia’s Etosha Park, Zambia’s Victoria Falls, Malawi’s Lake Malawi and Mozambique’s tropical paradise. At each checkpoint crews will indulge in the indigenous flavours of local cuisine and traditional beverages while partying the night away to the rhythm that beats the African drum, before retiring to their individual spaces under the African night-sky.
Dawn departure
At dawn on 17 June 2014, crews will start their engines and begin lining up with bacon rolls in hand and Johnny Clegg blaring through the radio. Then, it’s off into the sunrise towards 5 countries, 5 checkpoints to deliver 500 pairs of new school shoes across 8000km. All in less than 18 days.
In a cloud of dust and fuelled by a free spirits and a thirst for adventure, participants will begin an unassisted journey which will take them halfway across Africa in search of their checkpoints, before finally finishing in Mozambique on 4 July 2014, subject to itinerary confirmation.
WHY
The Put Foot Rally promises to be the catalyst that will lure you out of your comfort zone and take you on a journey of personal adventure and discovery. It’s a journey that will test you, challenge you, give you enough freedom to make mistakes and find your own solutions, but it’s also a journey that will show the golden heart of each country and leave you with a sense of pride and achievement that no package tour holiday could ever offer.
GIVING BACK TO AFRICA
Mountainshak Adventures will be supporting the newly established Put Foot Foundation. The foundation’s core mission is to provide underprivileged school children with a pair of brand-new, quality, 100% leather, South African-made school shoes. Because of these shoes, children will be able to walk to school without discomfort, cold or risk of infection, keeping them healthy and happy. The pride, hope and dignity of owning shoes, combined with the necessity of a complete school uniform, is part of what keeps these children in schools and feeds their hunger for learning.
This an annual African adventure where the road goes on forever and the party never ends.
For more information please contact:
Daryn Hillhouse on [email protected] or visit to www.putfootrally.com
Put Foot Rally Promo Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGQOcavGaAM
Official Put Foot Rally Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWXnforLzZw
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/putfootrally
Twitter: @PutFootRally
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