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WALL OF COMMITMENT | LOVE AUTHENTIC | Cape Epic 2017

4/17/2015

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Rider Registration at the Lookout in V&A Waterfront.
Meeting the team of Water Point 3.
The beginning of a great journey, Team Waterpoint 3
Taking pictures at the Prologue ... Day 1 20km.
Working hard, gum boots literally kept me sane,
Mad Rush| Waterpoint 3
My onsies was the best item of cloth I took for the camping experience.
Family for a week. Miss these amazing People
Jose, the hero of Waterpoint 3
Helping riders .... amazing Waterpoint 3
Helping riders .... amazing Waterpoint 3

This year in March I found myself at the ABSA Cape Epic, in the beautiful city of Cape Town. The experience turned out to be such an awesome adventure, I pushed so many new boundaries, I had so many new experiences and met such wholesome people along the way. So
Absa Cape Epic is the most televised mountain bike stage race in the world, it takes place over eight days  and is  classed as hors catégorie ( a French term used in cycle races to designate a climb that is "beyond categorization", or an incredibly tough climb) by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). 600 teams or 1200 riders participate every year. This year the total distance was 748km. I went as a volunteer and was station at Waterpoint 3. I went specifically because of my love for photography and mountain biking. My photography experience was phenomenal, I believe the pictures I captured, I could not have captured anywhere else in the world (www.baveesha.com). I feel so grateful to have got that opportunity. On the other hand, this experience sparked a new dream. I watched riders, big and small, struggle, laugh, fight, cry, hope, pray and really dig deep  to make it to the end of the 8 day race. Only hard work, strong will and true determination could get one there and ready to take on the beautiful yet so steep mountains.  In the beginning I saw it as craziness, but by Day 8, I knew I’d ride this race one day. 

Soon after I decided that :


I’ll return to the CAPE EPIC as a rider in 2017. I’ll do it for our cause, to raise awareness for LOVEauthentic | My Vitiligo Campaign. 

This gives me 2 years to train, to go from cycling 20km in 2h30min to  cycling in excess of 700km over 8days at the ABSA CAPE EPIC.

It was so amazing how doing it for my LOVEauthentic | My Vitiligo Campaign changed my outlook of this massive task. It made it worthwhile, gave the dream a new drive and the forward force it needed. I’ll do this to bring awareness to LOVEauthentic | My VITILIGO Campaign and ride to remind all  “LOVE THE AUTHENTIC YOU”

I’m super excited about what lies ahead. Here’s  some pics of my Cape Epic Experience.

A must share, is that, I went to rider the registration day in shorts. I thought to myself, that “I knew nobody here, let me go in the truest form of me and hide nothing”.

Another first, CONQUERED.

I am so glad I did, because thereafter I was so comfortable. The beauty of just being you, is so powerful and serene.


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