Tally ho, chaps. Prince Harry is coming to town. He’s been preparing for a charity race to the South Pole that will take place next week, and he’s going to stop by Cape Town for some sunshine.

He’s been in training for months now, having spent nights in giant freezers as practice. There are three seven-man teams that will fly to Cape Town on Sunday, where they will stopover before departing for Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica. They’ll spend a few days acclimatising there, and then speed off to the South Pole on 30 November.

The teams hope to reach their destination by 16 December, and in doing so are raising money for military charities from their home countries, Britain, the United States, Australia and Canada.

Most of those taking part in the race have been injured in battle. Some have had legs amputated, while others have suffered blindness, burns and post traumatic stress disorder.

The teams will complete the 335km race in stages of around 15 to 20km a day, and will face temperatures as low as -45 degrees Celsius. Prince Harry, 29, who is patron of the Walking With The Wounded charity, took part in a five-day trek to the North Pole in 2011.

So he should be able to handle this. How hard can it be?

[Source : News24]