Hiking the Rwenzori Archives

Reflections at 5,109 metres above sea level: Standard Chartered Bank’s Yustus Aribariho, blown away by the Rwenzori Mountains

Muhereza KyamuteteraLifestyle The Big Story The Executive TravelerDecember 19, 2022January 1, 2023

Yustus Aribariho doesn’t regard himself as an adrenaline junkie- but away from his busy schedule, as a global banker- he has done some adrenaline-rising stuff. He has jumped out of the plane, you can call it skydiving if you like. He has also cycled over 600km from Singapore to Malaysia and run over 15 marathons across the globe. But he had never done, what in his words, he describes as “excruciatingly sweet” as climbing the Rwenzori Mountains. Excruciating because it is a tough 7-day hike from 1,450 metres above sea level- through various difficulty levels and harsh terrains- to 5,109…

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TRAILBLAZER: Meet Bashir Semakula, The First Ugandan to Summit Mount Everest

David KangyeNews & AnalysisOctober 19, 2022October 19, 2022

Bashir Semakula is the first Ugandan to summit Mt Everest Base Camp. Together with a group of 15 other mountain climbers, they were able to scale 8,848 metres in a period of five days. Bashir is a cybersecurity professional based in Brisbane, Australia. He is the co-founder and security advisor at Cyberlastic, a company that offers cyber advisory to businesses and governments in Australia and across the world. He is the firstborn of 16 siblings born to two retired secondary school teachers from Butambala, Uganda. Before relocating to Australia, Bashir lived in Uganda with his parents. He attended Kibuli Secondary…

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