The Mongol Rally takes place over a week, covering 10,000 miles and some of the harshest roads in the world. When it comes to the choice of car for covering the terrain the Mongol Rally official line is that you can “bring anything as long as its crap and has an engine no bigger than 1 litre of yaks milk” a mammoth task for a rally from Europe to Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia, it’s quite the feat.
Steve Langan, whose sister Anne sadly passed away last year will be taking part in the Mongol rally in memory of Anne and raising funds in the process.
"As some of you will know, my younger sister died in May this year of a misdiagnosed melanoma. It started under her big toe and ended up in her brain, and killed her very quickly indeed. She left behind a wonderful husband and three lovely young teenage girls.
The cancer spread so fast that I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to her properly, and so in her memory, and to raise awareness of the dangers of melanomas, I - and two equally unhinged friends, Rodger Williams and Peter Martin - have decided to raise £100,000 for MASScot by taking part in the 2014 Mongol Rally."
The route Steve and the guys will be taking will take them through Europe, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, across the Caspian Sea to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and finally Mongolia. Whilst it will be an adventure of a lifetime for everyone involved it will also be extremely hard work.
You can donate to Steve at his Just Giving page here
Check out the video to see what the guys have in store.
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