Mario Rigby: Trekking Across Africa and Expedition Impossible

Send us a textIn 2015, Rigby embarked on his epic “Crossing Africa” expedition, traveling from Cape Town, South Africa to Cairo, Egypt entirely by foot and kayak. Over two years, he covered more than 12,000 kilometers across 8 African countries.  Along the way, he learns of its people, languages and customs coming away with a deep understanding of the reach cultural diversity of continent.  He then went on to kayak the length of Lake Ontario, bicycle from coast to coast across Canada.  Mario recently returned from a month long stay in Algeria’s Sahara Desert with the nomadic Tuareg.  His next adventure, Expedition Impossible will be to circumnavigate the planet solely through human powered transport and to climb the 7 summits along the way.Rigby is an explorer, athlete, and advocate for sustainable adventure. His mission is to inspire the world to explore responsibly while pushing human potential to new limits.  He has been awarded Explorer in Residence by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society.Follow Mario at his website www.mariorigby.com and on his FaceBook PageSupport this Podcast:  buy me a coffeeHosted by Michael J. ReinhartMichaelJReinhart.com   Whiskey and a Map:  Stories of Adventure and Exploration.  #Africa #MarioRigby #trekking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.