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FYI for those unaware, grecy is the guy who recently completed a >50000 mile Africa expedition[1]. This guy knows Africa. It's nice to hear that Rwanda is doin

by sgt 7y ago

FYI for those unaware, grecy is the guy who recently completed a >50000 mile Africa expedition[1]. This guy knows Africa. It's nice to hear that Rwanda is doing well. [1] http://theroadchoseme.com http://theroadchoseme.com

MichaelApproved 7y ago
Wow. The coastline of Africa is 18,950 miles (30,500 km), so That’s like looping around the content nearly 3 times. Here’s what I found on that site: > I’m doing an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit right now. Come on over to Reddit.com and ask me any question you have about my three year, 54,000 mile and 35 country expedition around Africa. It’s all on the table – safety, money, health, budget, visas, route, people, animals, the Jeep. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/brhbst/i_drove_my_jeep_around_africa_reddit_said_i_would/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/brhbst/i_drove_my_jee...
- grecy 7y ago
  Feel free to ask me any question you don't see answered there. And Yes, I did some zig-zagging! - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4h0X_Fq_G/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4h0X_Fq_G/
- smeyer 7y ago
  Or he just looped around the coastline once at a tighter resolution than your source of 30,500 km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox (Also thanks for the AMA link)
  - samatman 7y ago
    The coastline paradox is cute, but any route using coastal roads will be shorter than any reasonable coastline estimate, for obvious reasons.
    - penagwin 7y ago
      Plus the "resolution" of the coast is limited by the size of humans. The coastline paradox is much more of a measurement problem then a physical one.
- spoovy 7y ago
  Not trying to be argumentative just mentioning as an ex-GIS guy that it's impossible to meaningfully measure any coastline. Read about the coastline paradox it's quite interesting.
tkmunzwa 7y ago
> This guy knows Africa. I know it's likely hyperbole, but...JFC. Would you say an East-coaster who hikes part of the Appalachian trail knows Appalachia? At best, their knowledge is surface-level.
- Moodles 7y ago
  If he travelled that much, then yeah. It’s just a phrase.
- Strom 7y ago
  That seems like way too high of a bar for the word knows. Someone who plays the guitar for 3 years certainly knows the guitar, even if they're not great at it. Who would you say knows Africa? Someone who lives all their life in Kongo? They might know Kongo, but probably know less about the varied experiences of Africa as a continent than someone who spends 3 years traveling around the whole of Africa.
snug 7y ago
Oh cool, I bought a Wrangler a few years ago and found his instagram when I was browsing around, love his stuff!
puranjay 7y ago
I found his blog on another HN thread a few months blog and binged through it for weeks. I highly, highly recommend going through all the posts. I had no idea some of these countries and landscapes even existed.

by sgt 7y ago

MichaelApproved 7y ago

Wow. The coastline of Africa is 18,950 miles (30,500 km), so That’s like looping around the content nearly 3 times. Here’s what I found on that site: > I’m doing an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit right now. Come on over to Reddit.com and ask me any question you have about my three year, 54,000 mile and 35 country expedition around Africa. It’s all on the table – safety, money, health, budget, visas, route, people, animals, the Jeep. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/brhbst/i_drove_my_jeep_around_africa_reddit_said_i_would/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/brhbst/i_drove_my_jee...

grecy 7y ago
Feel free to ask me any question you don't see answered there. And Yes, I did some zig-zagging! - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4h0X_Fq_G/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4h0X_Fq_G/
smeyer 7y ago
Or he just looped around the coastline once at a tighter resolution than your source of 30,500 km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox (Also thanks for the AMA link)
- samatman 7y ago
  The coastline paradox is cute, but any route using coastal roads will be shorter than any reasonable coastline estimate, for obvious reasons.
  - penagwin 7y ago
    Plus the "resolution" of the coast is limited by the size of humans. The coastline paradox is much more of a measurement problem then a physical one.
spoovy 7y ago
Not trying to be argumentative just mentioning as an ex-GIS guy that it's impossible to meaningfully measure any coastline. Read about the coastline paradox it's quite interesting.

tkmunzwa 7y ago

> This guy knows Africa. I know it's likely hyperbole, but...JFC. Would you say an East-coaster who hikes part of the Appalachian trail knows Appalachia? At best, their knowledge is surface-level.

Moodles 7y ago
If he travelled that much, then yeah. It’s just a phrase.
Strom 7y ago
That seems like way too high of a bar for the word knows. Someone who plays the guitar for 3 years certainly knows the guitar, even if they're not great at it. Who would you say knows Africa? Someone who lives all their life in Kongo? They might know Kongo, but probably know less about the varied experiences of Africa as a continent than someone who spends 3 years traveling around the whole of Africa.

snug 7y ago

Oh cool, I bought a Wrangler a few years ago and found his instagram when I was browsing around, love his stuff!

puranjay 7y ago

I found his blog on another HN thread a few months blog and binged through it for weeks. I highly, highly recommend going through all the posts. I had no idea some of these countries and landscapes even existed.