A group of six former University of Otago students taking on the infamous Mongol Rally would like to hear from you.
Next month, the group are hopping in a Ford Fairmont limousine and attempting to drive from London to Oskemen in Kazakhstan to raise money for the Life Matters charity.
Crew member Liam Bartlett said they would be starting in London before attempting an unplanned route through France, Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan before crossing the finish line in Kazakhstan.
"We chose to raise money for mental health because, unfortunately, all of us have someone in our lives who is affected by mental health, and a few of us have had someone close to us who have taken their own life,"
Mr Bartlett said.
The boys were a group of six, and "obviously can’t usually fit in one car".
Their solution was to buy an old beaten-up limousine from London.
"We’ll use that to head over the deserts, the plains, the mountains and get to Kazakhstan — hopefully.
"We don’t really have a real plan, we don’t have any idea which roads we’ll take, or where we’ll sleep — we have no idea of really anything — but that’s all part of the fun," Mr Bartlett said.
The six would be heading to London about a week early to get cracking on some modifications on the limo.
"Might put a snorkel on it, maybe some racing stripes on the side."
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Mr Bartlett said he would be very surprised if nothing went wrong.
One person in the group fancied themselves "a bit of a mechanic" so at least somebody "thinks they know what they are doing", he said.
The six were also looking for sponsors, and have pledged to print off a custom sticker with any design their perspective sponsors wanted.
They said the sticker would go straight on the side of their limo.
Traditionally, the Mongol Rally crosses through Russia to get to Mongolia, but due to a couple of geopolitical reasons, this route was not possible this year.
As a result, there was no suitable land crossing into Mongolia and the finish line had to be shifted to Kazakhstan.
