The Story of a Naked Mile

How I ended up on the front page of the national Namibian newspaper

The Naked Mile.

Of the 7,500 miles I’d be cycling across Africa, this was the one I most dreaded. 

I hate being naked.

Don’t get me wrong, I think my body looks great…clothed. But being naked makes me feel, well, naked. Like driving without my glasses. At night. With all signs in  Japanese.

But it was a “Tour d’Afrique tradition” that “must not be missed,” …