Greetings from the Augrabies Falls in the Northern Cape.

Tomorrow is the start of the 2018 Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon (KAEM).

The 19^th edition of the race – 250km over 6 stages / 7 days – will be held from 20-26 October 2018.

The following links will keep you informed about my progress during the race:

# Daily updates about the race, results and photos:

https://www.facebook.com/kalahariaugrabiesextrememarathon/

https://www.instagram.com/kaem250km/

# General information about the race:

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# Messages of support

You can e-mail me a message of support during the race – runners@kaem.co.za. Just state my name in the subject line.

# Fundraising

I’m using the race the raise R250 000 for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH) – it requires just 2 500 people to donate a minimum of R100 each to reach this target.

Refer to https://www.backabuddy.co.za/desert-run-4-nmch to view my fundraising page, and encourage your friends and colleagues to support the NMCH.

# My daily updates

Where possible, I will write a short daily update about my progress and experience which will be posted on my Facebook page – https://web.facebook.com/david.barnard.311.

I hope you enjoy the updates, and any messages of support will be much appreciated.