I had a sense that my back was broken, and I sort of wanted to, you know, but I knew that it was dangerous if I moved because I could be completely paralyzed.

So I lie there and I try your host, Mason Gravely.

Today's episode, we're talking to Henry Gold.

Henry is the founder and director of TDA Global Cycling, and TDA stands for Tour de

Afrique, and that is based on their kind of their flagship trip, which is a tour clear across

Africa from Cairo, Egypt to Cape Town, South Africa.

And this started back in 2003 when Henry and his friend had been just tossing around the idea

for years about bike touring across Africa and making it about a bigger purpose.

Henry had been involved with a number of nonprofits at that time. He had

a entire career with engineering and wanted to do something different. And this was the idea.

This is what they came up with was to just tell their friends, get the word out there via the news,

which actually worked really well. And they got over 30 people to go with them.

And by the way, they didn't really know anything.

They just went and made it happen.

Bike tour across Africa, almost unplanned,

and no one quit.

A few people weren't injured, but everyone was okay.

And it started this entire trajectory of Henry's life,

later in life by his own admission after 50

of doing this incredible new career

of taking people on these unbelievably long,

life-changing adventures.

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