{"id":198178,"date":"2024-10-29T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=198178"},"modified":"2024-10-28T12:02:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T19:02:33","slug":"walking-the-length-of-africa-with-mario-rigby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/walking-the-length-of-africa-with-mario-rigby","title":{"rendered":"Walking the Length of Africa with Mario Rigby"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/e28b5f27-38e9-42db-b4e9-ca0a66169c26?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/walking-the-length-of-africa-with-mario-rigby\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mario Rigby is a serial adventurer who pushes himself to his limit out in nature. He&#8217;s kayaked across Lake Ontario, biked across the entire country of Canada and walked the length of Africa. No matter what kind of expedition he&#8217;s on, the motivation remains the same, to witness the good in humanity and challenge others to see it as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Mario:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariorigby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mariorigby\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MarioRigby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.simplecast.com\/accounts\/2b218f9f-84c0-42a2-980b-de1950c78d63\/shows\/32ddc983-385c-47d5-ac70-165c3c8c5922\/episodes\/48dcf2dc-e56c-400c-970f-e5e2a234031a\/REI.com\/mastercard-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program<\/a>\u00a0and learn about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reifund.org\/grantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local REI Fund grantees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/danner\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Danner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/camp-monsters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REI\u2019s Camp Monsters Podcast<\/a>!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Mario Rigby is a serial adventurer who pushes himself to his limit out in nature. 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