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Walking the Nile
- Author
- Levison Wood
- Narrator
- Gildart Jackson
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 21 June 2016
- Run Time
- 11 hours 13 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Nature and the natural world: general interest, Travel guides: routes and ways, Walking, hiking, trekking, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Rivers and lakes, Travel guides: adventure holidays, Physical geography and topography, Travel and holiday, Travel writing, Travel and holiday guides
What to expect
Like his predecessors, Wood camped in the wild, foraged for food, and trudged through rainforest, swamp, savannah, and desert, enduring life-threatening conditions at every turn. He traversed sandstorms, flash floods, minefields, and more, becoming a local celebrity in Uganda, where a popular rap song was written about him, and a potential enemy of the state in South Sudan, where he found himself caught in a civil war and detained by the secret police.
An inimitable tale of survival, resilience, and sheer willpower, Walking the Nile is an inspiring chronicle of an epic journey down the lifeline of civilization in northern Africa.
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- Author
- Levison Wood
- Narrator
- Gildart Jackson
- Duration
- 11 hours 13 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 June 2016
- ISBN
- 9781515977759
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Nature and the natural world: general interest, Travel guides: routes and ways, Walking, hiking, trekking, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Rivers and lakes, Travel guides: adventure holidays, Physical geography and topography, Travel and holiday, Travel writing, Travel and holiday guides
Synopsis
Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda, where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water, Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Nile. He followed the river for nine months, over 4,000 miles, through six nations—Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt—to the Mediterranean coast.Like his predecessors, Wood camped in the wild, foraged for food, and trudged through rainforest, swamp, savannah, and desert, enduring life-threatening conditions at every turn. He traversed sandstorms, flash floods, minefields, and more, becoming a local celebrity in Uganda, where a popular rap song was written about him, and a potential enemy of the state in South Sudan, where he found himself caught in a civil war and detained by the secret police. An inimitable tale of survival, resilience, and sheer willpower, Walking the Nile is an inspiring chronicle of an epic journey down the lifeline of civilization in northern Africa.
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