{"id":36227,"date":"2023-03-07T02:11:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T02:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/07\/woman-completes-first-crossing-of-africa-on-an-electric-motorcycle\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T02:11:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T02:11:07","slug":"woman-completes-first-crossing-of-africa-on-an-electric-motorcycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/07\/woman-completes-first-crossing-of-africa-on-an-electric-motorcycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Completes First Crossing of Africa on an Electric Motorcycle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In October 2022, Sinje Gottwald set out from Spain to make an<\/strong> 8,000-mile journey throughout Africa (north to south).<\/strong> Unaided by technical or medical assist, Gottwald ended her journey in Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 15, 2023. Gottwald\u2019s end marks the primary particular person to journey an electrical motorbike throughout the continent. She accomplished the 124-day quest utilizing a Kalk AP, made by Swedish bike maker CAKE, which additionally sponsored the journey. Our first query: How the heck did she cost it alongside the way in which?<\/p>\n

One a part of the reply: She\u2019s a professional. Gottwald has already made a reputation for herself by circumnavigating the world on a motorcycle. But she expressed satisfaction in making maybe the longest journey but on an electrical <\/em>motorbike.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter all the challenges and obstacles along the way, I feel so relieved and happy to be here, proud to have made it and a bit melancholic this adventure is now ending,\u201d she wrote on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cNot many people thought that this mission would be possible and I am extremely grateful to the few that believed in me from the very beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gottwald grabbed consideration amongst motorcyclists when she achieved a solo circumnavigation of the world<\/strong><\/a> in 2017. She\u2019s additionally traveled overland from Europe to Asia to Australia. And she\u2019s pushed lengthy stretches from South to North America and from Morocco to Mali.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As CAKE\u2019s B2B account supervisor, Gottwald had pitched the concept to firm\u2019s CEO and founder Stefan Ytterborn. In a information launch<\/strong><\/a> following Gottwald\u2019s profitable completion of the journey, Ytterborn expressed congratulations \u2014 and aid.<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides being amazed by her courage and spirit, I was thrilled about the ability for us to [sponsor] her, while truly getting a chance for extreme field testing,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe agreed that Sinje would change positions for a few months from being a B2B sales manager to becoming our most precious field tester. Now [that] she is through, it\u2019s extremely rewarding that she and the bike arrived in perfect shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

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