Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman set out again on LONG WAY DOWN.
After their first, great LONG WAY ROUND trial from London to New York, the two men are ready for a new challenge. This time they’ll ride their bikes from Scotland down to South Africa. A distance of over 15,000 miles, starting at John O’Groats, Scotland, and finishing at Cape Agulhas, on the southern tip of South Africa. They’ll travel through more than 20 nations before reaching their destination: Libya, the barren desert of Sudan and Ethiopia’s tribal lands. From the Ugandan jungle to Rwanda, Tanzania, Botswana and on to Namibia’s wild, spectacular keleton Coast. After dressing the two riders for their first adventure, this time Belstaff have designed a new kind of jacket for true explorers. Belstaff have been the leading designer and manufacturer of high-tech, practical apparel for over eighty years. Ewan and Charley worked in concert with Belstaff to create a new, exclusive model, called “Long Way Down Jacket”. The jacket is made of three different components, allowing the two men to tackle all the many weather extremes they’ll face from start to finish. Cordura 1500 was chosen as the shell to protect the men in the case of falls or sudden impact. This fabric performs magnificently at low temperatures and is ideal for European climates. The inner part consists of a jacket made from a special, extra-strong mesh with a breathable, water-resistant nylon outer layer. Wearing this jacket, Ewan and Charley will be able to deal with the two extremes of African weather – baking heat and torrential rain.
