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Were you worried about us? Don't worry! It's for a good cause: 40 minutes to epically get out of Nigeria, cross Cameroon, put your toes in a bouquet of violets in Congo, before moving on to a big moment of worry to enter Congo. I'll leave you to these 40 minutes, not without thanking you for your exceptional/absolute/enormous/terrifroyable generosity for the Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque collection! The Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque collection to save (now) 6 children is still ongoing at https://relaisducoeur.mecenat-cardiaq... Kap2Cap? It's the story of a slightly crazy project carried out with my buddy Amaury Baratin on the brand new Yamaha Ténéré 700s. Starting point: the North Cape, Norway, in the middle of winter. The northernmost point of the European continent. Arrival point, Capetown in South Africa, the southernmost point of Africa. 26,000 km of adventure. From -31 degrees to +41 degrees. From studded tires to desert tires. From snow to sand, via fesh-fesh and laterite. From easy roads in Europe to forgotten and improbable tracks in Central and West Africa. 24 countries crossed in two months. A road trip of all extremes to which it was nevertheless important to give another meaning than the simple fact of driving and crossing all these countries. The objective was also to collect 26,000 euros by appealing to your generosity on social networks in order to have, by the association Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque, two children from the world suffering from heart defects operated on. During this crossing, we also went to meet children already operated on by Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque and returned to a normal life in Africa. A HUGE THANK YOU TO: Moss Moloss, outstanding transporter of our motorcycles to the North Cape Amaury Baratin, outstanding buddy and travel companion Olivier Destin, Amaury Baratin's mega cool partner at Horizon Moto 95 The entire Yamaha Motor France team for their colossal support in this colossal project (Vincent Thommeret, François Tarrou, Chrystelle Bizot-Gry, Guillaume Curel, Laurent Benchana, Paul Saverot, John Maillon, Nicole Casolas, Cécile Violette) SW Motech (luggage) & Shoei France (helmets) my two historic partners. https://sw-motech.com/fr/moto/YAMAHA/... The fabulous team of Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque (Pr Francine Leca, Orso Chétochine, Marion Saint Picq, Marie-Sophie Cazes) and all the Mécénat representatives who welcomed us in Africa: Guy, Christine, Larissa, the Ambassador in Lomé, Chrys, Karen, Rockyatt and Féliciano in Cotonou Christine, Chouchou, Emmanuel and his grandmother in Kinshasa All the generous participants in the Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque collection, Sateco, Esprit Motard du 06, at the Coralie haberdashery in Sèvres for its incredible mobilization with the schools (Croix Bosset, Cotton, Montessori in Sèvres, St François d'Assise in Boulogne Billancourt, Jules Ferry in Issy les Moulineaux), the Medicis retirement home in Sèvres, the Couture by Sèvres association, the AVF Sèvres seamstresses) to make hundreds of hearts sold for the benefit of Mécénat. Thank you, thank you, thank you, there were 1,446 of you (sorry I can't name you all) donors for over 68,000 euros already Eric Lafuma (PL diffusion – MSR tent and stoves, Thermarest duvet) Madou Bocoum from Mad Bikes in Dakar The Ride & Drive agency (Antoine Valla, Corinne Mange) Géraldine and Jean Brucy from Rando Raid Maroc in Agadir Tessa (Astou une fleur dans le désert association in Saly), Yan/Ayanne & Nicolas in Libreville -TV5 Monde for her report during our trip Pedro and Erik Delfour in Luanda to my little family for their unwavering support MUSIC UNIPPM UPM_GAL137_19_Galactic_Design_Main_Track_Bordat UPM_LO_CD55_8_Never_Give_Up_For_Love_Main_Track_Hiras_Seenyen_Vasilas UPM_KOK2353_6_Faster_Than_The_Avalanches_Main_Track_De_Datsu UPM_KOK2471_6_Dusty_Boots_Instrumental_Bagatelle_Breteville UPM_KOK2446_2_Rainy_Journey_Instrumental_Frenod UPM_GTP91_2_All_By_My_Soul_Backing_Vocals_Only_Mastrorilli_Oheix UPM_BTV171_5_Blurred_Lines_Main_Track_Bradley_Dymond UPM_BBCPM49_3_Getting_Out_Of_The_City_Main_Track_Harms UPM_GAL115_13_Love_Delight_Main_Track_Boubal