I am saddened to post this but Cam passed away Friday morning in a hospital in South Africa after being medivaced from Impfondo, Congo. His death was caused by complications of his fight with cancer. My condolences to his wife, children, and friends.

Cam was a great adventurer and an avid hunter until the end. He will be sorely missed by many people around the world.

Damn. Sorry to hear that.

Wow....I was just talking to a friend the other day about doing one of his unguided trips. May he rest in peace.

Condolences to his friends and family. Hope you are doing fine.

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Originally posted by MikeBurke:
I am saddened to post this but Cam passed away Friday morning in a hospital in South Africa after being medivaced from Impfondo, Congo. His death was caused by complications of his fight with cancer. My condolences to his wife, children, and friends.

Cam was a great adventurer and an avid hunter until the end. He will be sorely missed by many people around the world.

Terrible and sad news.

Our heart felt condolences to all his family and friends.

May he rests in peace.

Cam had an adventurous heart and an entrepreneurial spirit. He opened much of west Africa for those who loved DIY hunting or needed a less expensive opportunity to fulfill their dreams. He will be remembered for that drive. Condolences to his family.

Find your way home safely Mike.

That's a shame. I really enjoyed corresponding with him. He was kind of a unique character in the biz that had carved out a special niche for himself.

Mark

I first met Cam some 20+ years ago. We talked hunting Africa many times and I visited with him in his home. A good man gone too soon. RIP and condolences to his family and friends.

I am currently on an island in the Pacific for another 3 weeks, so will be unable to attend his memorial service.

Does anyone know how old he was?

So sorry to hear this. It was a pleasure to talk with him at SCI and dream of an "unguided" African hunt. My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Damn, and reading some of his exploits, I Always hoped I'll do one of his unguided hunts especially in that tough Equatorial Africa
RIP Cam

Very sorry to hear this. My condolences to his family.

I got to know Cam 2 1/2 years ago when he arranged my unguided Cameroon hunt. As a cancer survivor myself I felt for what he went through and we discussed it several times. This really sucks. My sincere condolences to his family...RIP

My friend and I were planning to do one of his Cameroon hunts in the future. RIP

sorry for the loss.

RIP.

I am so sorry to hear about Cam's passing. I did one of the unguided buffalo hunts in Cameroon about six years ago and that was an adventure! Without him offering those kinds of adventures it would not have happened for me. It was an entirely different level of safari. Thank you, Cam.

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Originally posted by larryshores:
Does anyone know how old he was?

Just turned 61.

Cam and I had more than a few interesting discussions over the years and he will be missed.

RIP we have lost a good man and hunter

Cancer is a bitch! Rest in peace Cam!!!!

Sorry to hear. RIP

I didn't know him, but wish I had. Deepest sympathy and condolences to family and friends.

Wow, that is terrible to hear. His unguided trips were certainly something I had hoped to experience and link back to safaris of days gone by.

May he find peace and solace in the happy hunting grounds.

Best wishes to his family and friends at this sad time, may he hunt on in the big hunting grounds in the sky.................

Sad to hear that. Always enjoyed his true old world hunting adventures. I wish there were more people around who would post such options and stories.

Condolences to his family.

Cam was one heck of a guy. We did a few shooting/reloading projects together and I was able to spend quite a few memorable times with him.

I was able to work for him in one of his hunting concessions in Cameroon in 2011. That trip is one I will never forget.

Cam was a great guy. He was a gentleman and a hunter through and through.

His devotion to the hunt was amazing. There was nothing in this life that could hold him back. I spoke to him when he was very sick from his cancer treatments. All that he could talk about was how he wanted to get "good enough" to get back out there into the field.

This is sad. Condolences to family and friends.

People say we all die, but only some of us ever live.

I think Cam Greig would be a good example of a fellow who lived!

Cam truly lived. He once travelled by canoe and walking from Impfondo to Cameroon to escape a civil war in the Republic of Congo, a distance of some 500 miles through the rainforest.

He was able to make one last trip to the rainforest and actually hunted a little from the Pygmy village. He spoke of plans of returning in August and hunting in Pakistan also. I truly believe he died happy to see his beloved rainforest and its people one more time.



Cam at his finest outfitting the hunt in Impfondo

Damn...fine fellow Cam. I talked to him many times via e-mail over the years. RIP!

Extremely sorry to hear this. Cam was a very fine hunter and one of the last adventurers.

I mourn his loss. I never knew him, but he did much for that area. I hope it does not go to waste.

Tears in heaven, brother in arms.

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Condolences to his family and friends. RIP.

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That's quite a shock. I always dreamed of one day doing one of his DIY hunts. RIP

Yes, I had pland it also with him...

R.i.P. Cam.

'Sounds like he passed doing what he loved. We can't ask for more. RIP sir.

Cam was a great friend and he had endless energy and enthusiasm for Africa, clearly fearless in his pursuits. I was fortunate to enjoy 10 days at their Bombazi Wilderness ranch in East Cape...think Green Hills of Africa...a spectacular place.
He endured a long battle with Leukemia and later rejection of the stem cell transplant. That didn't slow his enthusiasm for Cameroon, Congo and their ranch in South Africa...he never sat on the couch....Katy Bar the Door...back to his loved Africa.
Cam's brother Brian and other family members will continue to operate Bombazi Wilderness Safaris in South Africa.
Rest in Peace my Friend!! My thoughts and Prayers to the family. He will be missed, his memories will live on.......
Memorial service is at Peninsula Bible Church, Palo Alto, CA, 1PM, tomorrow, Saturday, July 2.
Please PM me for Memorials in lieu of flowers as requested by the family.

Respectfully,
Steve

Sad to hear this news. He obviously enjoyed hunting wild places.
AR

probably the last African old style hunter and explorer. And also a very good friend. Few years ago He stayed at my home here in italy during the hunting show. Every morning he woke at five o clock and went to the bakerie in front of the house for buy bred and croissant for the whole family.

Mario,

I'll bet I was in camp at Bombazi when he left for that show in Italy....I remember it clearly...and I was still there when he returned too!! Bombazi is really a hidden treasure!!

Most people don't know that Cam was a son of Missionary Bush Doctor family and grew to to High School age in the Bush in Cameroon....and going to local schools with many of the guys that are now leaders in the country. The King where he hunted his personal concession...was a close friend of Cam's parents!!....thus Cam's relationship of recent.....

Cheers,

Cam was in the King's court. This is a picture of Cam, the King, and Cam's good friend at a ceremony in Cameroon a couple of weeks prior to our trip.