Pioneering adventurer Riaan Manser has rewritten the definitions of tenacity, courage and determination. From cycling 37 000km around the perimeter of Africa, to circumnavigating Madagascar unaided in a kayak, rowing across the Atlantic with his fiancé, and kayaking around Iceland with a handicapped partner, Riaan has achieved several world ‘firsts’. Most recently, Riaan teamed up with competition winner Fanafikile Lehakha for The Odyssey Project, an undertaking which saw the pair rowing almost 5 000km across the North Atlantic, from the Canary Islands to Barbados, reaching their destination on February 23 this year.