SRFC minis fundraiser

My name is Schalk Herselman. Since moving to the Salcombe area in 2011 I have been involved with Salcombe RFC as a player and minis coach. I am planning on doing a bit of a personal challenge and thought I might as well use it to raise some funds for the SRFC minis section and help a club that has been very good to me.

I am hoping to do an endurance mountain bike ride.

The ride will consist of 17km loops on local lanes and downhill tracks passing through Salcombe and East Soar Farm. The aim is to climb the height of Everest in the process with each loop adding an elevation gain of over 500m.

I am hoping to do this continuously starting on Wednesday 4th September at 11am, passing past the rugby club for the first time at around 11:25, continuing through the night and finishing on Thursday. For those that don't know Everest is 8849 meters high and I will also be covering a distance of nearly 300km in the process.

The loop route can be viewed on Strava as well as continuous updates as I begin this challenge:

https://www.strava.com/activities/12301163544?share_sig=1C1660E11725311115&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ios_share