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Kokatat announces sponsorship of Great
African Expedition

Posted
on 05/12/2012 by adventurekayakafrika

ANTHROPOLOGIST and modern day African explorer Julian Monroe Fisher
is preparing for the second phase of the 2012-16 Great African Expedition, an ethnographical research
project deep into the heart of Africa.

Julian Monroe Fisher Picture: SUPPLIED

Kokatat has supplied Fisher with its GORE-TEX® Paclite Anorak and Guide PFD for the circumnavigation of Lake Albert and Lake
Victoria.  Throughout the expedition Fisher will use Kokatat’s quick drying
and multi-purpose Destination apparel.

“Our stated objectives dictate that we will be contributing to a better
understanding of other cultures while minimizing our carbon imprint on the
environment,” said Fisher. “When we started discussing gear needs for The
2012-16 Great African Expedition, it was not just the quality and durability of
the Kokatat brand that stood out it was also the core values of the company that
got our attention.  I mean man alive; these guys have been around for over
forty years.  They were an established green company long before it was
cool to be one. We could not have found a better green partner than the folks at
Kokatat.”

Fisher will conduct a 21st century ethnographical documentation
following the African expeditionary routes of the famed Victorian explorers. His
objective is to compare the 19th century documentation of the tribal
kingdoms along the rivers and lakes gathered by the Victorian age explorers with
the realities of 21st century Africa.

During phases two and three (scheduled to begin in early 2013), Fisher will
travel from Juba, the capital of South Sudan, along the River Nile to Lake
Albert in Uganda. He will then circumnavigate Lake Albert, which borders Uganda
and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Upon successful completion, he will
circumnavigate Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world and the
third largest freshwater lake in the world.

During the journey, Fisher will use kayaks, dugout canoes, camels,
donkeys, horses, feluccas, ferryboats and travel on foot. The second phase of
the Great African Expedition is slated to begin on January 7, 2013 in South
Sudan.

Julian Monroe
Fisher is an anthropologist, explorer, published author, ethnographical
documentary filmmaker, a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society in London and
an International Fellow of The Explorers Club in New York City.

To learn more about this expedition, visit the project website. For details on this and other expeditions
Kokatat supports visit http://www.kokatat.com/expeditions.

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