Climb, Your Climb on 1485 Radio Today in which he interviewed black achievers about the challenges they faced and overcame in their careers and lives. He is patron of the Endangered Wildlife Trust's Conservation Leadership Group and currently shares his time between work at a private game reserve in Limpopo and his family in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. In December 2013, he was appointed Chief Scout of Scouts South Africa, a position he held until 2017. Highlights and achievements On Thursday December 2011, Vilane was introduced to the Queen of the United Kingdom at a reception at Buckingham Palace. The reception was held to acknowledge those involved in mountaineering, adventurer and exploration. Also present was Sir Ranulph Fiennes, a friend of Vilane. From 4 to 23 January, Vilane led his first out of Africa climbing expedition and guided a team of eleven South Africans up Aconcagua. This is the highest mountain in the southern hemisphere, the highest in South America and one of the Seven Summits. He helped five of the team members to the summit of this mountain including South Africa's youngest person to summit Aconcagua, Jayson Funnell (at age fifteen). In 2012, Vilane became a fully-fledged member of the British Alpine Club. Vilane has become the only Black South African to complete the Explorers Grand Slam known as the Three Poles Challenge: reaching the summit of Everest, South and North Pole. Vilane's last achievement of the three, the North Pole, took place in April 2012. Controversy During July 2016, Sibusiso Vilane was the expedition lead, guiding a party of 40 climbers to the summit of Kilimanjaro. During the summit attempt a well known South African race and rally driver, Gugu Zulu, succumbed prior to reaching the summit due to unspecified illness. "I asked him how he was, he said, 'I'm ok... I suspect there is some flu creeping in'." With tears rolling down his face, Vilane said he did not see any signs of an illness. "For me he was still cheerful." References External links Freeplay Foundation Living people South African humanitarians 1970 births Recipients of the Order of Ikhamanga Summiters of Mount Everest South African people of Swazi descent