Adventurer

In 2006, Braam completed a world-first when he ran 4,200kms along the entire length of the Great Wall of China in a single attempt. This translated to running an average of 43kms per day (that’s over a marathon a day!), six days a week for over a hundred days. Professionals had said it was physically impossible.

After completing the journey, Braam underwent extensive knee surgery. His doctor’s said he would never run again. He again proved the experts wrong by running 3,300kms around the foot of Africa from Namibia to Mozambique. As with the China

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The Challenge: Run A Smile around the tip of Africa from Oranjemund via Cape Town to Ponte d’Oro in Mozambique.

When Cipla’s Miles for Smiles Foundation issued its next extreme challenge - to run a smile around the tip of Africa, the Coastal Challenge, extreme athletes David Grier and Braam Malherbe stepped up to the line again.

Having successfully completed the Foundation’s first challenge in 2006 of becoming the first persons in history to run the length of the Great Wall of China non-stop, Grier and Malherbe couldn’t resist the challenge

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As a motivational speaker, adventurer and author Braam believes the Earth Challenge will be the greatest challenge ever undertaken. It is a global expedition intended to save the planet from human annihilation by creating a critical mass of a billion children around the world who hold adults accountable for the wholesale destruction of our natural resources. The official start of the six month expedition is scheduled for the end of 2012 and will be filmed as a 24 part documentary series for international broadcast.

The core team will be made up of a select group of individuals

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Extreme adventurer, conservationist, youth developer, motivational speaker, TV Presenter and author: Braam Malherbe has an infectious energy and simply does not understand the meaning of the word impossible!

In 2006, he put his conviction to the test. Against our country’s top medical and sport experts’ advice, Braam Malherbe and running partner David achieved a world first by running the entire length of the Great Wall of China (4218km) at a pace of a marathon a day for 98 days. This expedition funded the inaugural mission for Operation Smile in South Africa, an international charity organization

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