IT HAS taken two-and-a-half years, during which he has fought off malaria three times, but 69-year-old David Lemon has become the first person to walk the length of the Zambezi River.
David, who lives in France Lynch with his wife, reached Chinde in Mozambique on Sunday, September 7 after a combined total of 292 days of walking.
The Zimbabwe-born journalist and author began his journey along Africa’s fourth longest river in March 2012 – completing a distance of 3,200km.
After the gruelling journey David, who is just two months shy of his 70th birthday is now recovering in Ndola in Northern Zambia before heading for South Africa and then back to Stroud on Thursday, December 4.
This week he will be giving talks in Lusaka as part of the celebration for Zambia’s 50th anniversary of independence.
This adventure was largely motivated by his lifelong love of elephants.
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