Millions of people are following extreme adventurer Ash Dykes on social media as he attempts to kayak 434 miles through the Congo Basin, which is considered one of the most hazardous and remote environments in the world.
Starting this week, the 35-year-old will travel in an inflatable kayak through waters inhabited by crocodiles and hippos, potentially encountering gorillas and elephants along the way. Consisting of 500 million acres of land and the second-largest river basin in the world, the Congo Basin is a hotspot for tropical diseases and is classed as unsafe to travel due to health, crime, unrest, terrorism and kidnapping risks, according to the State Department.
In a social media post outlining the challenge, Dykes warned he could be "days away from proper medical help" at some of the most remote points of the journey.
Dykes has built a reputation for undertaking increasingly extreme adventures, including becoming the first person to trek across Mongolia solo and unsupported, and the first person on record to walk the entire length of the Yangtze River in China.Dykes has built a reputation for undertaking increasingly extreme adventures, including becoming the first person to trek across Mongolia solo and unsupported, and the first person on record to walk the entire length of the Yangtze River in China.
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