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Julian Monroe Fisher, renowned African explorer,
Anthropologist, Fellow with The Royal Geographical Society
in London and Fellow with The Explorer’s Club in New
York City, has successfully completed his EQUATORIA –
A WALK ACROSS AFRICA ‘coast to coast’ Mozambique
to Angola overland crossing of the African continent.....read |
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July 7, 2011
The Adventure Blog
Equatoria Update: The Walk Across Africa
Is Done
Explorer and anthropologist Julian Monroe Fisher has completed
his Equatoria - A Walk Across Africa expedition a few days
back, reaching the coast of Angola after weeks in the field.
Monroe Fisher made the walk in support of the Mines Advisory
Group, an organization dedicated to removing explosives and
other weaons left over from conflicts, and ultimately it was
those very devices that had an impact on the final stages
of the trek...read
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July 2011
ExplorersWeb
Africa walk from Mozambique to Angola
ended near heavily land mined area
Julian Monroe Fisher has completed his Equatoria –
A Walk Across Africa, from the coast of Mozambique, across
Malawi, Zambia and the DRC to the coast of Angola. He experienced
Africa as a complex mixture of beauty and ugliness all wrapped
up into one vast space.
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July, 2011
Digital Journal
Explorer finishes coast to coast trek
across Africa
An explorer has completed his jourrney from coast to coast
across Africa.
Julian Monroe Fisher arrived in Angolas after travelling
across the continent, largely on foot, from Mozambique. The
journey was called Equatoria - a walk across Africa but in
the event Fisher was unable to walk the whole way. Earlier
the expedition was forced to take a motorbike for some section
because of danger from elephants and the last section of Moxico,
Angola was deemed too heavily land mined to be safe to walk
through...read
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May 23, 2011
posted to the Index Journal, Greenwood S.c.
Julian Monroe Fisher reports from Mozambique
Greetings this Sunday, May 21, 2011, from the Niassa Province
in the northern territory of Mozambique, south east Africa.
To update you I departed May 1st from the Indian Ocean coastal
town of Pemba. My body revolted the first week, extreme cramping
due to improper fluid intake and blisters the size of quarters
on all parts of my feet due to the reality they were simply
not use to walking such long distances. Week number two had
me settling into a routine: waking at 3am to start walking
at 3:30am in order to avoid the heat of the day; walking for
twenty to twenty-five kms before 11am; looking for the local
village elder and obtaining permission to set-up base camp
in the local school by 1pm: locating drinking water to purify
and a bucket of water for cooking and bathing...read
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May 2011
Avery Journal - by Lauren Ohnesorge
Banner Elk man walking 4,000 miles across
Africa
High Country expatriate Julian Monroe Fisher is attempting
to be the first American to walk coast to coast across Africa,
from Mozambique to Angola. Fisher started his 4,000-mile journey,
dubbed Equatoria, on April 23.
Two coast lines, five countries and 4,000 miles. It’s
an epic journey across the African continent, and it’s
all on foot. High Country expatriate Julian Monroe Fisher
– who you might know as “Mike” or “Monroe”
from Banner Elk – is attempting to be the first American
to walk coast to coast across Africa, from Mozambique to Angolia.
The mission might be the first solo expedition along this
specific route...read
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May 2011
Girassol Hoteis website
EQUATORIA – A WALK ACROSS AFRICA
In the Spring of 2011, renown African explorer Julian Monroe
Fisher will attempt to become ‘the first US American
to walk coast to coast across the African continent’.
Entitled EQUATORIA – A WALK ACROSS AFRICA, the expedition
will find Fisher walking west from the Indian Ocean coastal
town of Pemba, Mozambique, until he reaches the Atlantic Ocean
coastal town of Lobito, Angola. [...]
As the expedition passes through Lichinga, Mozambique, Julian
and the expedition will have the honour of partnering with
Girassol Hotels...read
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May 2011
Montane website
EQUATORIA – A WALK ACROSS AFRICA
Julian Monroe Fisher, a Montane sponsored athlete, has touched
base to announce the start of his expedition, Equatoria -
A Walk Across Africa, on 1st May 2011.
On Tuesday 26th April 2011 he arrived in Buck Creek Lodge
in Gars Am Kamp, Austria, which is to be the base of operations
for the expedition. The same evening, Julian left Vienna for
Dubai for a connecting flight to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
The final leg of his journey will be a flight to Pemba, Mozambique...read
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Digital Journal
Explorer starts coast-to-coast walk
across Africa
At dawn tomorrow an explorer will set off from a deserted
beach in Mozambique to walk across Africa. Julian Monroe Fisher,
56, will walk 4,000 miles across the continent to finish his
journey in Angola. [...]
It will be an unplugged expedition. Fisher said: “Unlike
so many of my contemporary explorers and adventurers, I will
not be travelling with a satellite phone or a laptop, there
will be no support truck. What is key for me is to enjoy this
once in a lifetime epic journey every step of the trail, one
step at a time.”....read
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Saturday, April 28, 2011
Trail's Edge
Scouting Report: Equatoria
Walking across continents appears to be in style right now;
but not too many podophilics are getting blisters in Africa.
Actually, nobody has ever hiked the continent coast to coast,
which is Julian Monroe Fisher’s goal for his expedition
called “Equatoria.”
Beginning on Saturday, Fisher will lace up his shoes in Pemba,
Mozambique and hoof it westward to Lobito, Angola. There won’t
be much of a blog to follow, since Fisher will unplug, leaving
satellite phones and his laptop at home; a rarity these days.
Grasping technologies’s distracting tendencies, Fisher
would rather wholly experience his pilgrimage rather than
waste time in a trendy internet cafe on the Equator...read
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Index Journal newspaper Greenwood, S.C. - by ST. CLAIRE DONAGHY
Start to Fisher's expedition just days
away
Greenwood-born American explorer Julian Monroe Fisher III
embarks on his expedition, “EQUATORIA – A Walk
Across Africa” on foot April 30, to raise awareness
about Mines Advisory Group, (MAG) an organization dedicated
to removing land mines and other small arms from previously
war-torn countries. As reported by the Index-Journal in late
February, Fisher’s posted blogs about his journey will
be posted ....read
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April 2011
Bradt Guide to Angola - by Mike Stead
A walk across Africa taking in Angola
In the Spring of 2011, Julian Monroe Fisher, will set out
upon his most ambitious expedition to date.
Entitled EQUATORIA – A WALK ACROSS AFRICA, the expedition
will have Fisher walking west from the Indian Ocean coastal
town of Pemba, Mozambique, towards the coastal town of Lobito,
Angola, at the Atlantic Ocean. The more than 4,000 mile walk
will take him across the landscape comprising parts of the
territories of the African countries of Mozambique....read
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April 18, 2011
safarigeek
Of pushing the envelope and high-flying
molluscs
Amongst other things, social media has sanctioned the voyeuristic
tendencies within many of us. Consequently it’s now
okay to keep a much beadier eye on the doings of others than
previously acceptable, without being considered even a little
weird. [...]
One of my Facebook friends, Julian Monroe Fisher, will shortly
begin walking across the belly of Africa, from the coast of
Mozambique to the Atlantic in Angola...read
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April 2011
wend - BEYOND ADVENTURE
EQUATORIA–Walking 4,000 Miles
Across Africa
This Saturday, April 30th, Julian Monroe Fisher–an
anthropologist, ethnographical documentary filmmaker, explorer
and writer–will begin his solo walk across the African
continent. Fisher will begin on the west coast of Africa in
Lobito, Angola and will eventually end on the eastern coast
in Pemba, Mozambique.
To date, Fisher has made six expeditions to the African continent,
but no one has ever walked the specific ocean to ocean route
he has chosen to embark on....read
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Digital Journal
Explorer about to set off to walk coast
to coast across Africa
With less than two weeks before the trip starts Fisher is
engaged in last minute preparations including receiving inoculations
and applying for visas. He said: “I have been pouring
over Google earth maps focusing upon two void areas, about
200 kilometers of the 800kms plus I need to walk across Mozambique.
“The other is the void in northwest Zambia where the
borders of DRC, Angola and Zambia meet.”
He is also dealing with last minute nerves, he said: “I
wake up nightly in the darkness right around 4am. Thoughts
of what could possibly go wrong play through my mind ...read
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Friday, April 01, 2011 10:15 am EDT
Explorers Web - By Correne Coetzer
Heads-up: Julian Monroe Fisher to walk
across Africa from Mozambique to Angola
Julian Monroe Fisher is to start walking west, from the
beach in Pemba, Mozambique at the Indian Ocean. He hopes to
reach the coast of Angola, at Lobito on the Atlantic Ocean,
sometime in September, 2011.
Julian’s route will take him through Mozambique, Malawi,
Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. He
told ExplorersWeb about the dangers along the way and his
real concerns, as well as the difficulties in case of emergency
evacuation.
ExplorersWeb: What about dangers like landmines, wild animals,
malaria mosquitoes...?
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
NÖN - Niederösterreichische Nachrichten
Zu Fuß durch Afrika - EXPEDITION/Julian
Monroe Fisher rüstet sich für die 4000km lange Reise
vom Indik zum Atlantik.
THUNAU/Abenteurer Julian Monroe Fisher, der "Amerikaner
aus Thunau", rüstet zu seiner nächsten Afrika
Expedition. "Ich werde diesmal den Kontinent von Osten
nach Westen zu Fuß durchqueren, allein", sagt er.
Seine Route führt vom Hafen Pemba in Mosambik, am Indischen
Ozean gelegen , an den Atlantischen Ozean, und zwar nach Lobito
in Angola. Er wird dabei die Länder Mosambik, Malawi,
Zambia, die Demokratische Republik Kongo und Angola durchqueren.....read
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Newsletter - March 2011
Insight - MAG America Quarterly Review
South Carolina explorer to become first
recorded U.S. citizen to walk coast to coast across Africa
In April 2011, Julian Monroe Fisher, a veteran explorer
and anthropologist, will embark on the most challenging adventure
of his career yet: to traverse the African continent on foot
— something that no American, and possibly no other
solo expedition, has ever undertaken before.
Walking from east to west, Julian’s EQUATORIA - A Walk
Across Africa expedition will see him set off from Pemba,
Mozambique and the Indian Ocean, at sunrise on 30 April. His
destination, three months later, is Lobito, Angola, and the
Atlantic coast.....read
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
DIGITAL JOURNAL - By Lynn Morris
Explorer to walk solo across Africa
from coast to coast Special
An explorer is attempting to walk 4,000 miles solo across
Africa from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. If successful
he will be the first American to walk alone from coast to
coast across Africa.
Julian Monroe Fisher, 56, will start his expedition in Pemba,
Mozambique and finish in Lobito in Angola. The journey will
take him through Malawi, Zambia and The Democratic Republic
of the Congo. It will be the first solo expedition by any
explorer along this route. It will take between four and five
months....read
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[GoPro
is an official sponsor or Equatoria - A Walk Across Africa]
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
The Mountain Times - by Lauren K. Ohnesorge
Walking across Africa
Two coast lines, five countries and
4,000 miles. It’s the makings of an epic journey, and
at its heart is High Country expatriate Julian Monroe Fisher.
You may know him as Mike or Monroe from Banner Elk.
This spring, the world will know him as an explorer. Fisher
is attempting to be the first American to walk coast to coast
across the African continent from Mozambique to Angola, perhaps
the first recorded solo expedition along this specific route.
The expedition, entitled “Equatoria,” is an attempt
to bring global awareness to the efforts of the Mines Advisory
Group (MAG International)...read
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Monday, March 7, 2011
The Sacramento Bee - By JOHN BORDSEN
Foreign correspondence: Austria is
a window to old beauty
What's it like to live in a far-off
place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence
is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want
to visit.
Julian Monroe Fisher III, 56, a former general manager of
Charlotte, N.C.'s Dunhill Hotel. Fisher, currently a writer,
explorer and anthropologist, lives in the village of Gars
am Kamp, Austria - an hour north of Vienna - with his wife,
Gina, and their children, Charley, 10, and Panama, 6...read
more
This article has also been featured in:
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Expedition News - Volume Eighteen,
Number Thre
A Walk Across Africa
In late April, renowned African Explorer Julian Monroe Fisher,
56, will launch his most ambitious expedition to date. Equatoria
– A Walk Across Africa, is a four- to five-month expedition
that will have Fisher walking solo west from the Indian Ocean
coastal town of Pemba, Mozambique, towards the coastal town
Lobito, Angola, at the Atlantic Ocean.
The more than 4,000 mile walk will take him across the landscape
comprising parts of the territories of the African countries
of Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi
and Mozambique. Some gear will be pre-shipped to drop zones
along the way; he will also purchase supplies from local villages
as he travels, loaded onto an estimated 30 lbs. backpack....read
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Explorers Connect
Expedition Launch: Euqatoria - A Walk
Across Africa
In the Spring of 2011, Julian Monroe
Fisher, will set out upon his most ambitious expedition to
date.
Entitled EQUATORIA – A WALK ACROSS AFRICA, the expedition
will have Fisher walking west from the Indian Ocean coastal
town of Pemba, Mozambique, towards the coastal townLobito,
Angola, at the Atlantic Ocean. The more than 4,000 mile walk
will take him across the landscape comprising parts of the
territories of the African countries of Mozambique, Malawi,Zambia,
the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
The expedition attempt represents ‘the first US American
to walkcoast to coast across the African continent from Mozambique
to Angola‘ and is believed to be ‘the first recorded
solo expedition by an explorer ever attempted along this specific
route’...read
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Index-Journal - By ST. CLAIRE DONAGHY
Fisher to trek his away across Africa
Greenwood native raising awareness
about land mines
Greenwood-born Julian Monroe Fisher
III, an American explorer with Lakelands ties, plans to cross
the African continent entirely on foot, alone, starting in
late April, to raise awareness about Mines Advisory Group
(MAG), an organization dedicated to removing land mines and
other small arms from previously war-torn countries. The Index-Journal
will publish Fisher’s posted blogs of his journey in
a link at www.indexjournal.com.
Fisher wears many hats.
He is an explorer, an anthropologist,
a documentary filmmaker, a published author, a photographer,
a Fellow with The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute
of British Geographers) in London, an International Fellow
with the Explorers Club in New York City and communications
director for The Explorers Club West Europe Chapter....read
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
CharlotteObserver.com
Austria is a window to old beauty
Rolling
hills spotted with castles provide a serene backdrop in a
world of walking, hiking, skiing and savoring.
Julian Monroe Fisher III, 56, who
grew up in Banner Elk, is a former general manager of Charlotte's
Dunhill Hotel. Fisher, currently a writer, explorer and anthropologist,
lives in the village of Gars am Kamp, Austria - an hour north
of Vienna - with his wife, Gina, and their children, Charley,
10, and Panama, 6.
Q. Look out your window - what do you
see?
A stunning view. Out the front window
here in my home office is a 900-year-old castle on a hill.
I live on a road that wanders up and around the bend to the
castle...read
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
High County Press
High Country Native Begins New Expedition
Across Africa
Monroe Fisher and the expeditionary team of The 2008 SOLIO
Mount Stanely Expedition straddling the Lamia River, the geographical
borderline between the Central African countries of Uganda
and the Democratic republic of the Congo. The team were drained
from the journey, stressed by the reality that landmines covered
the ground along both sides of the stream. Monroe’s
next expedition EQUATORIA - A Walk Across Africa attempts
to draw attention to the work of MAG International.Julian
“Monroe” Fisher III, who grew up in Banner Elk,
is about to embark on a new adventure: the expedition Equatoria—A
Walk Across Africa, where he will walk from the coastal town
of Pemba, Mozambique, near the Indian Ocean to Lobito, Angola,
at the Atlantic Ocean...read
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Expedition News
A WALK ACROSS AFRICA
In late April, renowned African Explorer Julian Monroe Fisher,
56, will launch his most ambitious expedition to date.
Equatoria – A Walk Across Africa, is a four- to five-month
expedition will have Fisher walking solo west from the Indian
Ocean coastal town of Pemba, Mozambique, towards the coastal
town Lobito, Angola, at the Atlantic Ocean. The more than
4,000 mile walk will take him across the landscape comprising
parts of the territories of the African countries of Angola,
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
Some gear will be pre-shipped to drop zones along the way;
he will also purchase supplies from local villages as he travels,
loaded onto an estimated 30 lbs. backpack. Most of the journey
will be on footpaths and unpaved roads, with some grassy savannah...read
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Gadling - by Kraig Becker
American explorer to cross Africa
on foot
Anthropologist, explorer, and member of the Royal Geographical
Society Julian Monroe Fisher is preparing for an epic expedition
that will see him cross Africa completely on foot. The journey,
which is set to begin this spring, will cover more than 4000
miles, crossing the continent east to west, in an effort to
raise awareness of the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), an organization
dedicated to removing land mines and other small arms from
countries that were formerly plagued with conflict.
Julian's adventure will get underway on April 26th of this
year, when he sets out from the town of Pemba, located on
the coast of Mozambique....read
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Friday, February 18, 2011
The Adventure Blog
American Explorer Prepares To Walk Across
Africa
American explorer and anthropologist Julian Monroe Fisher
is preparing for his next big expedition, one that will see
him cross the African continent on foot, covering more than
4000 miles (6437km) in the process.
The expedition has been titled Equatoria - A Walk Across
Africa and it will get underway this spring from the town
of Pemba, Mozambique, located along the continent's eastern
coast. From there, Julian will head west, crossing through
parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi
and Mozambique, before eventually crossing into Angola, and
finishing up in the town of Lobito, which falls along that
nation's Atlantic coast....read
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