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​Meet the adventurer: Mario Rigby on serendipity, sustainability and celebrating difference
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Meet the explorer who paddled across Lake Ontario over 20 consecutive days
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Toronto explorer successfully kayaks the length of Lake Ontario in 20 days​
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Western Union joined Mario during his time in Egypt as he closes in on the end of his journey. Western Union CEO, Hikmet Ersek, WU Foundation partner, Forest Whitaker and Mario, travel to the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda created by the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI), a WU Foundation beneficiary to see team what WPDI continued amazing work creating opportunities for young people to create their own destinies. Between long stretches that would make most people turn back, he discusses the importance of charity and empowerment in shaping a better future for everyone. Mario Rigby was compensated by Western Union for his travel expenses to the WUF sponsored refugee settlement in Kiryandongo, Uganda. Mario Rigby is an actual Western Union consumer. Like us on Facebook and Instagram to never miss an episode of Mario's journey to overcome perceptions one step at a time.

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Mario Rigby was inducted into the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society in 2020. 

Founded in 1929, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has been making Canada better known to Canadians and to the world for 90 years. Best known for its Canadian Geographic magazine, the Society also supports Canadian geographical expeditions and provides grants and scholarships for cutting-edge geographical research.

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Mario Rigby is an eco-explorer who completed a solo, two-year, 12,000 km voyage from Cape Town to Cairo entirely by foot and kayak. 

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  • ABOUT
  • ADVENTURES
    • EV ACROSS CANADA
    • CAICOS CHALLENGE
    • KAYAK LAKE ONTARIO
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