SA’s own Spidey to run a marathon for organ donation
Eric, a proud organ donor from Pretoria, aims to run for the Organ Donor Foundation of South Africa with the mission of being a hero.
Bitten by marathons with a cause rather than a radio-active spider, South Africa’s very own Spiderman – better known as Spinnekop – Eric Kevin Nefdt will attempt to run from Pretoria to Lüderitz, in southern Namibia.
Eric, who is an estate agent, family man, aspiring adventurer and proud organ donor from Pretoria, aims to run for the Organ Donor Foundation of South Africa with the mission of being a hero.
This follows after he completed the 2017 Comrades Marathon in his Spidey suit to raise awareness for Heart Kids South Africa.
The 1 500km marathon-a-day adventure will be broken into about 40 days wherein Eric aims to set a world record for the furthest marathon run in a superhero costume.
But why Spinnekop?
According to https://www.goodthingsguy.com, organ donation is made possible by heroes – people who voluntarily decide to donate their organs and tissue for transplantation. Eric believes that anybody can make a difference.
The Spiderman costume is simply a metaphor or symbol for the fact that anyone can be a hero and leave a lasting legacy through donation.
“We aim to educate people on how easy it is to become an organ and tissue donor. Our idea is to take video-footage using GoPros daily and then post a short clip of what we’ve experienced at the end of each day, whether it be desert scenery, wild horses close to extinction, ad hoc street interviews along the route and footage of the journey’s highs and lows,” he said.
“These video updates will be shared publicly to Facebook, including community pages along the route. The footage will feature ‘street’ interviews and insights from medical professionals and transplant recipients.”
Eric is expected to run through Krugersdorp during the early afternoon of Sunday, 5 August. He will keep his following updated on the Krugersdorp Community Forum page on Facebook.
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