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Follow the adventures of Riley (Pounds) on this blog. Riley is currently in Africa on a journey from Alexandria to Capetown on a bicycle. He is traveling with Art ,AKA (Free Range Honky), through 10 countries and plans to complete this journey in less 6 months.
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Please feel free to follow my adventures and subscribe to my blog on this site. I am riding also to bring awareness to the deforestation that is occurring throughout Africa and have set up a go fund me account to collect money for the Trees for future. If you would like to contribute to this cause please click on the logo above and you be directed to the go fund me account. 100 percent of all donated funds will be sent to the charity.
Trees for the Future is working to end hunger and poverty for small holder farmers through revitalizing degraded lands.
The Forest Garden Program is a simple, replicable and scalable approach with proven success. By planting specific types of fast-growing trees, fruit trees, hardwoods and food crops in a systematic manner over a four year period, families can positively change their lives forever. Forest Gardens consist of thousands of trees that provide families with sustainable food sources, livestock feed, products to sell, fuel wood and a 400% increase in their annual income in four years.
We can help families escape extreme poverty if they only knew how to transform their lands into Forest Gardens. To build global awareness of our solution we aim to lift a million people out of poverty using the Forest Garden Approach. This initial goal will require working with 125,000 impoverished families to plant 500 million trees.
Take a look at where we are now. View our latest impact report.
After graduating college i decided the 9-5 grind in an office was not for me. I have been working seasonal jobs for the past couple years which include Alta Ski Resort, a fire crew with the Forest Service, and cashiering at a restaurant. Seasonal work gives me the flexibility to travel during the off season. I have completed both the Continental Divide and Appalachian trails, and this year i decided to give hiking a rest and bike through Africa. This journey will take me through 10 Countries, starting at the Mediterranean in Alexandria, Egypt to Cape Town South Africa. You will find a link below to subscribe to my blog for updates. Please feel free to post messages and comments on the blog. I will update as frequently as possible depending on connectivity.
Video: Click Here Not sure what the purpose of this structure is, but I thought it looked cool. One of several towns I passed today. We stopped in the town of Springbok to resupply on groceries and get Arthur a new rear rim for his bike.
We crossed the border late last night into South Africa. We had nowhere safe to sleep so we asked the police to stay at the station. The police have been the real heroes of this trip. The South African border crossing. It was an easy crossing. We were through in minutes after they asked a …
Video: Click Here Stopped here for lunch. Had a nice ride down a hill into Noordoewer Namibia; not sure how you pronounce it, but we’ve been calling it “Nard Wahr”. This is the last town before we enter South Africa. I was very excited to reach the town. As we got close we passed …
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