They are not shy. Leaving on June 1 from the Lindesnes lighthouse in Norway, Corentin and Fleury Roux, aged 27 and 24, gave themselves a hundred days to reach the North Cape, located 3,000 km away. “Our goal is to achieve the largest orienteering race in the world by connecting the southern end of Norway to its northern end”, say the two adventurers.
They decided to do this extraordinary crossing semi-autonomously, with only maps, a compass and a 10 kg backpack. To add difficulty to their journey, Corentin and Fleury Roux will only be refueled every six days and will sleep in tents. “We prepared a hundred days worth of meals, dehydrated our fruits and vegetables, and put everything under vacuum. It was a hell of a job”, confided Fleury, during the preparations before the start.
A film of this adventure
If they leave for unknown land, the two brothers have mastered their discipline. “Corentin is a cartographer and a member of the French orienteering team. For my part, I am a mountain guide and orientation trainer,” says Fleury.
In a country where the sun hardly ever sets in summer, Corentin and Fleury Roux will have to deal with short nights and physical fatigue, but also capricious weather and… 100,000 m of cumulative elevation gain over the entire journey ! From this unique adventure, they plan to shoot a film that they will present, they hope, at mountain festivals.