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Explorer finishes 500-mile kayak paddle through Africa
Dykes, from Wales, paddled eighteen days from Nola to Mossaka as part of a six-expedition series; the crew often stayed in kayaks fifteen hours at a stretch.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Chip Darnell on #TrendingPublished
At a glance
- First reported by ABC News: “WATCH: Viral explorer finishes 500-mile paddle through Africa”, with reporting from Yahoo Travel.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 12:23 PM ET on #Trending, by Kenji Moonfield and Chip Darnell.
- Topics: Africa.
- BBN covered this story before: South Africa picks Durban for Olympic, Paralympic bid (October 29).
The real story
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- ABC NewsWATCH: Viral explorer finishes 500-mile paddle through Africa
- Yahoo TravelAsh Dykes Completes Nearly 500-Mile Kayak Journey Through Congo Basin in Just 18 Days October 26, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAn explorer from Wales just paddled five hundred miles down the Congo Basin, alongside monkeys and hippos, ABC News reports.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHis name is Ash Dykes, and he posted the trip as it happened.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo people watched eighteen days of paddling the way they watch a cooking stream.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEighteen days. Where did they stop to eat?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey didn't, really. The team says storms flooded the riverbanks, so the crew couldn't dock, and some stretches were fifteen hours in the kayak.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFifteen hours? Where does the crew park?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPlus gorillas, elephants, buffalo and tsetse flies. It's the only trip where the comments section is also trying to bite you.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFifteen hours in a kayak and nowhere to dock. Pure river, no window to pull up to. Hashtag Paddlethru.
The story so far
- Employee theft squeezes small businesses across Africa · BBC
- Smith out of third Test as Australia bowl first · Yahoo Sports
- South Africa picks Durban for Olympic, Paralympic bid · Yahoo Sports
- Explorer finishes 500-mile kayak paddle through Africa (this story)
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