7 000 km, five summits, two adventurers and one Jimny

Somewhere on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a tough little Jimny is parked in the shadow of the Mountains of the Moon.Named “Badger”, the 2011 Suzuki Jimny is the team vehicle for Team Tane on their Suzuki Africa Sky High Adventure. The intrepid couple is travelling through ten African countries to scale the continent's five highest peaks.Team Tane and Badger departed from South Africa on 29 April for an eight-month adventure. They have since traversed Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania and Rwanda en route to the first three of five mountains.“It really has been an incredible trip with so many amazing sights and experiences,” says Tarryn Quinnell. She and her husband, Shane, are documenting their adventure in an effort to showcase the culturally rich, environmentally diverse and inviting side of Africa to the world. With two months completed, Team Tane has already had more of their share of adventure and challenges. In Botswana they had to navigate through the flooded Makgadigadi pans, which forced them to clean their rear drum brakes and fix a sway rod that was damaged on an unseen deep hole in the road.“The Jimny has impressed us no end. It has performed faultlessly, despite a payload of 400kg and some very challenging off-road driving and endless driving on deeply rutted and corrugated dirt roads. What's more, is that it is using only 9.9 litres / 100 km on average,” says Shane.Team Tane has since summited the first three of its five high peaks, Mount Baker, Mount Stanley and Mount Speke. The team reports that all three proved more challenging and technical than they had expected, with all three mountains surprising them with large jagged rock and ice formations near the peaks.From these three mountains, the adventurers will depart the Rwenzori National Park and Mountains of the Moon and head to Mount Kenya, the second highest mountain on the continent.Follow Team Tane's #SuzukiAfricaSkyHigh adventure on their website www.teamtane.com. - Motorpress.co.za

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