A 34-year-old Japanese man arrived in Cape Town on Sunday after traveling more than 6,000 km on foot from Kenya to South Africa pulling a rickshaw, a tricycle vehicle used to transport people or goods. .
Yuji “Gump” Suzuki emotionally thanked his fans for their support during his journey which began in July in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, and which took him to Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. “I couldn’t have done it without you,” Suzuki said. “I run for fun. I have already been traveling since I was nine years old and I receive energy from you, so I also give (this) energy to you. It’s my life.”
Among his other exploits, the adventurer pulled his two-wheeled rickshaw from China to India (2016-2017), traveled 2,500 km in Europe in 2017, and 5,100 km crossing the United States (2022-2023), according to his website. His rickshaw weighs more than 100 kg. Suzuki wears traditional Japanese tabi socks during his travels, which he posts on social media.
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