How to follow Russ Cook's Strava as he runs the entire length of Africa
You may have heard of Russ Cook, aka the "Hardest Geezer”. The 26-year-old is known for participating in some amazing physical challenges, like running from Asia to London in 2022, as you do. Now, he has embarked on a mission to run the entire length of the continent of Africa for charity. Project Africa began on 22 April and, if completed, will be the equivalent of Cook running 360 marathons in the space of 240 days. His route began in South Africa and will see him travel north up the west coast of Africa through Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria before finally ending his mammoth run in Tunisia. He is documenting his journey on social media, regularly updating his Twitter, Instagram and YouTube channels on his progress. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Fancy following his route? Well, you can do, on Strava. The link is below and we think he deserves some serious kudos. And you thought your weekly parkrun was impressive. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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A VTuber's performance at a mini-concert has gone viral on TikTok and turned into its own meme after reportedly charging $300 to punters who saw the gig. According to YouTube, the performance took place at the Cosplay Arts Festival in Thailand on July 1st. This was reportedly part of the Algorhythm Project performance, which is a collective of Virtual YouTubers (Vtubers) who all perform under the same banner. For those not in the know, a vtuber is basically a YouTuber who uses a virtual reality avatar instead of themselves as part of the entertainment on their streams, which often involve singing. The particular vtuber who has gone viral on TikTok in the last few days is called Dacapo who has 230,000 subscribers on YouTube alone. They performed as part of the Algorhythm Project video and while there were numerous other vtubers in the piece has focused in on Dacapo's performance which can be viewed below. 【#ARPxCAF Mini-Concert Replay】Shinunoga E-Wa 「Dacapo」 www.youtube.com The video consists of not much more than Dacapo singing the song 'Shinunoga E-Wa' as the avatar sways back and forth with their long fringe covering the character's eyes. Toward the end of the song, the hair does lift up and viewers do get to see the character's eyes which appears to prompt a huge reaction from the crowd. @edgebum #vtuber #vtubers #vtuberconcert #viral #fyp #funny Numerous TikTok's have since emerged of this performance with many claiming that people at the festival paid $300 to watch the show. @rashawn531 Woke up to this #vtuber #rashawn531 However, this is likely to be $300 in Thai Bhat which roughly exchanges to $8.50 (£6.60) in US money, so in reality they didn't spend too much money. Regardless the vtuber's video has since gone viral and become something of a meme on TikTok where people imitate the song. @jcmyep #foryou #fyp #foryoupage #vtuber#concert#vtuberconcert Dacapo is yet to respond to their new found online fame. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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