On 8 June 2002, two local endurance athletes, Russell Paschke and Charlie du Toit, set off on their attempt to run the Fish River Canyon hiking route of 84km in one day. The main objective behind the run was to collect funds for charity in conjunction with Hochland 154 Round Table. At the same time in the back of their minds, they had their eyes set on the current record set by two SouthThe Fish River Canyon Africans in 1990. Hereunder is a summary of the attempt as told by them. [Read more…]