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Podcast: Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast
Episode: Crossing Africa on foot with Mario Rigby
Description: “If you want to understand what it means to be fully human, go to Africa.”Mario Rigby’s claim to fame is an impressive one. The RCGS Fellow was the first person to walk from Cape Town to Cairo solo. A Toronto based eco-adventurer, focused on sustainable travel and transport, Rigby covered 12,000 kilometres over two-and-a-half years and had a lifetime’s worth of adventures along the way. He was robbed of most of his money on just his second day out; he was attacked by wild dogs, pinned down under gunfire in a war zone, tur...