Keegan Longueira (Born 1 April 1991) is a South African adventurer, Motivational speaker and Author. He currently resides in Witbank (eMalahleni) a coal mining town in the Province of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Keegan rose to prominence in 2015 after completing a solo bicycle expedition across Africa from Cairo to Cape Town. On March 2 he arrived at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town in a time of 59 Days, 8 hours and 30 minutes, and became the fastest man ever to cross the continent on Bicycle. The World Record was later confirmed by Guinness. Keegan for 4 years had done major expeditions within South Africa as training and build up to the World Record Attempt. He now speaks to churches, businesses and major companies about his expeditions and his lessons learnt on the road. Keegan uses his story to influence and touch lives and inspire people to live their dream, regardless of how far away it may seem when starting.
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Chapter 11: Hitting 3111m above seas level, and racing towards Addis Ababa
Getting sick at 3111m above sea level is no fun. Today was the first day I heard about Mark Beuamont tackling the Cairo to Cape Town route by public announcement. I knew I would need to race to try reach Cape Town as fast as I could. Mark had contacted me as he was afraid of the roads from Marsabit to Moyale and asked about various route information and copied my exact route.