Cape locals Glenn Ward and Dries Millard are about to embark on a road trip of epic proportions.

On the 29th of November 2010 they’ll be undertaking a marathon trek from Saldanha, on South Africa’s West Coast, to Cape Town. That’s a distance of 142 kilometres. Now I don’t know about you, but the daily trip to the water cooler is a significant achievement for me.

Oh yeah, small detail. They’ll be doing it in wheel chairs.

Wheel chairs, ladies and gents. That means powered by arm  and mental toughness alone.

Not. Too. Shabby.

Dries and Glenn will be arriving at the Parliament Buildings in Cape Town on 3 December 2010, National Disability Awareness Day.

Their three main goals are:

1. To salute and praise the people out there who are living with disabilities and who manage to remain positive and to live full and independent lives.
2. To create public awareness of people living with disabilities and to change the stereotyped perception of disabled persons as less capable than able bodied persons.
3. The more immediate and tangible goal of the event is to raise funds for the establishment of a sports centre for the paraplegics and disabled people of the Saldanha/ Vredenberg district. The costs of which is estimated at no less than R3 million.

Great vibe. Check out their website and their Facebook fan page for more info.