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[Closed] 11 year old aiming to walk / ride 7300 miles in 2020 for conservation

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Following on from the '2019 mileage' thread, I've just seen this on Twitter: 11 year old Will is aiming to walk / ride the distance from the UK to Borneo (7300 miles / 11,680km) in 2020 to raise £2000 to save 1000 acres of Borneo forest to support orangutan conservation. That's 20 miles a day; every day. He's 11.

I'm not sure about his current mileage but by 4 Jan he had already clocked up 150 miles so is waaaaay ahead of my mileage.

Straight up, I don't know this young lad but I'm always hugely reassured to see young people taking direct action for the sake of the flora and fauna of this planet so if you have a few quid to keep him encouraged then please see the link below. Failing that, I'm sure he'd appreciate a few re-tweets on Twitter to spread his efforts far and wide!

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/my7300

Twitter handle: @Wills7300miles


 
Posted : 17/01/2020 10:34 am
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Good lad. Impressive.


 
Posted : 17/01/2020 1:10 pm
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I think he’s now clocked up about 250 miles after a 78 mile bike ride on the weekend. Pretty sure that when I was 11 I would have struggled to do even 1/4 of that!

To anyone on Twitter, give him a follow and some encouragement!


 
Posted : 17/01/2020 8:08 pm
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Fair play to the little man that's some target. Really hope he does it!


 
Posted : 17/01/2020 8:12 pm
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Give him a slap and tell him to embrace the apocalypse.


 
Posted : 17/01/2020 10:59 pm

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