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ARMAND DU PLESSIS

Lives Cape Town, Western Cape

Born 5 July 1979, Pretoria

Profession Tech entrepreneur

Age 41

Height 1.77m

Mass 70kg

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ARMAND DU PLESSIS is an international adventurer inspired by his endurance runner mother.

On his travels around SA and the rest of the world, he has had some jaw-dropping experiences. These are just a few he chose to share with us…

Not quite a fairytale

I’ve definitely started gravitating towards off-the-beaten-path runs over the years. Running a few kilometres exhausts me, so I found that finding events where there’s a bit of scrambling up and tumbling down was a great way to hide my lack of running skills…

An event that’s got a special place in my heart is the Ultra Fiord: "An epic journey into the magical world of fiords…."

The tagline makes it sound like something you do in fairyland on a Saturday morning. A jolly little jaunt across beautiful scenery with birds chirping and frolicking huemul deer on green grassy fields.

Don’t be fooled, this is nothing like that. This is a fairyland

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