What an interview. I hadn’t followed too much of his run but this makes me want to look into it more. What insight and clearly an experience that has shaped him as a person. I like to think it will shape him positively rather than all the negatives associated with it
I followed the hardest geezers journey from before day 1 with the preparation and logistics involved. It was an incredible feet of human strengh of mind and perseverance. I will rewatch the journey.. when this happened it clearly effected him and he didnt want to talk about it, maybe to try and forget about it as his mind was so invested in completing this adventure.. i pray one day he releases a book on running africa as this adventure is the most adventurous ever undertaken by mankind, would like to see gus and the team back together again, what a set of lads.. if you happen to read this Russ, a very well done to you 👏
I experienced a gunpoint situation in Johannesburg that left a lasting impression on me. I empathise with him, the emotion, fear and disillusionment he felt. I am African, I had done my research and was there visiting my sister, yet still it happened…. Though wisdom tells me, sensitivity and sensibility are tools we all need to avoid life changing, turn of events such as these. It’s also important to be specific because Africa like the world is a big place. This can happen anywhere, in Europe, America, wherever. Bad people who do bad things exist anywhere, regardless of socio-geographical differences. Most decent humans beings know the difference between good and bad and that should be what sets us apart. I thank God this young man lived to tell the story and hope he isn’t discouraged in life but can continue to have a positive outlook. We are all humans and having experienced something similar, I am human enough to feel empathy for him. Let’s spread love and understanding.
A man has a goal to run through Africa, using a route where you briefly pass through a very short stretch of the DRC to reach Cabinda. What would good preparation look like in that case? Circle around the country? Hire a construction team in advance to create a fresh dirt road that avoids all the local settlements? Get wagner mercenaries to run alongside him?
Anyone who knows the DRC knows they have been thru a lot and won't have strangers in their villages. They probably just wanted him out of their village.
@@JY-ev5ms May be you should listen to the full Video because guys who look like him and their minions were infecting Kids with STIs and all kinds of vio lence , and it didn't matter if he was his race or their colour a stranger in that Area moving the way he was moving would have been picked.
I guess most of us have done things we were warned not to and did them anyway because we thought it wouldn't happen to us so I dont judge him. Glad he survived and hope he'll do those things he was regretting he hadn't done while captured, like reconnect with his parents etc
Congo is the richest country in the world, not the poorest, they have all it takes , we know why is been kept poor. Anyway sorry for your experience, i hope you heal, for us is our daily live
I absolutely despise when people say that something happened in Africa. Okey, where in Africa? North ? Center ? East ? West ? South ? Then how do you arrive into a country where you don’t even take the time to research and inform yourself before going there ?
Not sure what you are talking about cause he said DRC at the beginning.... you know what's annoying, people that don't listen and then make assumptions.
What a gorgeous man, living a life the way he chooses to. So glad he's ok He wasn't doing anything wrong and no bad intentions, I think that saved him. 🌟
@@SmokeyDaysBBQ What do you call a home eviction? I guess both are the same for you. Watch the full Video and there he explains further. The ignorance of his team put him in harms way and also made him look suspicious hence an instruction was given to put him on hold till who he was could be ascertained.
I would be terrified to go to any foreign country without adequate preparation, let alone one that I have heard is known for shakedown for money. He kept referring to “the boys” who had planned his route for him. I think “the boys” need to be fired. I’m glad he survived and learned some valuable lessons.
I'm glad this man shared the terror he felt. The sad irony is this... How many indigenous peoples this has happened to/is happening to throughout history/the world... Sometimes people need to experience a fraction of what is still being perpetrated on indigenous peoples to gain a fraction of sense/compassion for them. The entitlement of "visitors" is sickening when you really have eyes to see and ears to hear. How would you feel/what would you do if someone barged into your home uninvited? How would you feel/what would you do if people whom you showed hospitality to consistently repaid you with evil for your good? Throughout history? When you look at it from that perspective, what do you conclude?
Nonsense talk, so the French or Polish will treat a German today like this because of what happened 70 years ago. Nobody today lived back then when Congo was a colony. Stop making excuses for bad behaviour.
I have traveled to multiple countries, three of which were in Africa. And never have I gone to a country and not researched the culture, security risks, recommended safety precautions, and attempted to learn at least a few basic words to enable me to communicate. It’s sad that he had such a horrific experience, but he has no one to blame but himself. The arrogance his and his team’s unpreparedness shows mind blowing to me.
Out of curiosity, did you travel to multiple countries consecutively one after the other, running on average over a marathon a day... or was you going on a family holiday spending 2 weeks in an all inclusive hotel complex.. just to put into context, this geezer ran the entire length of Africa, he didn't just fly to Africa to have a jog through the Congo. In another part of Africa, in a different country, he and his team were robbed at gunpoint, he set out to run the entire length of Africa and he achieved that.. I think 16 different countries he ran through.. meeting wonderful people along the way, visiting schools and raising near on a million quid. It's quite the journey and I recommend you watch it.. its actually incredible unbelievable and an astonishing achievement
Came down to see if someone would leave this idiotic and pretentious comment. Literally first comment. I was not disappointed. The fact that he acknowledged this lack of research, you’re just rubbing salt in the wound. This is obviously very difficult for Russ and you feel the need to still say this is incredibly ignorant thing so in fact you’re not much better than them. Get off your high horse. Secondly as stated, consecutively travelling across an entire continent researching every detail is an endeavour in itself. You can’t chastise someone for not doing enough research. In my opinion they did plenty of research, as stated. They just wished they had done more. Hindsight is of course 20/20 and if Russ ever reads this, you absolutely did enough research, mate. Don’t blame yourself for this horrific attack. You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Beth, on behalf of everyone, sorry we can’t be as perfect as you. Anyway, back to watching this fantastic individual who inspired a generation of people and did something remarkable.
@@peterjohn548 consecutive countries doing volunteer work as a matter of fact. We weren’t in any cushy accommodations. In fact, we went to the worst places to help people. Our 4 star hotel money was instead used to buy houses made out of wood to replace the mud huts that kept getting washed away. And we went with our host to hand out reusable menstrual pads to women in villages who had quit school and were unable to work because they were uneducated on how to care for themselves during their time of month. We helped women with HIV start their own businesses. We bought business licenses for them so that they could be legal in selling their goods and taking care of their families. They had all been abandoned by their husbands and families or their husbands had died from aids. Feel free to check out the organization we worked with Liftedstrong. Thanks for assuming. I wouldn’t be stupid enough to pick Africa of all places to do my marathon. If you’re not going to respect their culture, prepare yourself safety wise before you go… Run your marathon somewhere else and then give them your money.
@@HotelSeptember you may think it’s idiotic and or pretentious But I don’t see anything pretentious about educating myself about a culture before I visit it. Thanks for stopping by though.
@ItsjustBeth-wk6qi you may not be stupid enough to run your marathon there, but you do come across as self righteous and condescending.. the Boston marathon at a moment in time was horrific... this fella ran the full length of Africa, running through many many countries which in themselves have many cultures, languages and traditions, ran through jungles, deserts, mountainous ranges covering at least a marathon a day.. I don't think you quite grasp the scale of it and for that I'm not gunna waste any more time on you.. I suggest you watch what he done, understand what he done, rather than just watching a short video on the worst day out of the year.. maybe you will learn something, all the best to you
He’s very unlucky. A million and one things can happen to you in Congo, but a white boy getting kidnapped isn’t one of them. I do wish more westerners would get it through their heads that the world isn’t a playground.
Say world, not Africa. Don’t you know that the world contains Africa? How could you be so insensitive as to not say world instead of Africa. Cancelled.
