A person working throughout Africa for charity stated the problem could possibly be attributable to visa points.
Russell Prepare dinner, from Worthing, West Sussex, had deliberate to finish 360 marathons in 240 days.
After issues together with an armed theft, the 26-year-old was pressured to increase the problem.
Mr Prepare dinner stated it now trusted whether or not he might safe permission to cross the border into Algeria from Mauritania.
Posting on X (formerly Twitter), he said: “I've been on the highway for 278 days, I've run 12,000 km [7,456 miles] in 13 totally different international locations, it has raised greater than £140,000 for charity – but it surely all balances out,” he stated.
“If we don't have the visas, then it's recreation over.”
Tim Loughton, Conservative MP for East Worthing reply to the message: “Russ- I’ve been despatched this and I collect you might be from East Worthing. You possibly can e mail me some particulars and we are going to do what we will that will help you via the Overseas Workplace and the Algerian Embassy.”
Deputy Alexander Stafford additionally stated he was serving to to lift the difficulty with the Algerian ambassador.
Because the chairman of the All Occasion Parliamentary Group in Algeria, I’ll increase this subject with the Algerian ambassador to the UK. We are going to do every thing we will to assist your nice efforts!
— Alexander Stafford MP (@Alex_Stafford) January 23, 2024
The acute problem began on the southernmost level of South Africa on April 22 and can finish on the northernmost level of Tunisia.
Mr Prepare dinner had initially aimed to cowl 9,320 miles (14,500 km) throughout the problem, crossing 16 borders, however prolonged the problem attributable to issues along with his visa, well being fears and geopolitical issues.
Mr Prepare dinner, nicknamed the 'Hardest Geezer', requested for the help and assist of these following the problem to assist him safe the visa.
“It's the one possibility we’ve got,” he stated. “There may be actually no different option to get to the northernmost tip of Africa for us.”
The problem is in assist of The Working Charity and has raised £142,659 thus far.
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