Editing Nile (section)

=== Blue Nile ===
The Blue Nile Expedition, led by geologist Pasquale Scaturro and his partner, kayaker and documentary filmmaker Gordon Brown became the first known people to descend the entire Blue Nile, from Lake Tana in Ethiopia to the beaches of Alexandria on the Mediterranean. Their approximately {{convert|5230|km|mi|adj=on}} journey took 114 days, from 25 December 2003 to 28 April 2004. Though their expedition included others, Brown and Scaturro were the only ones to complete the entire journey.<ref>They chronicled their adventure with an [[IMAX]] camera and two handheld video cams, sharing their story in the IMAX film ''[[Mystery of the Nile]]'' released in 2005, and in a book of the same title.</ref> Although they descended [[whitewater]] manually, the team used [[outboard motor]]s for much of their journey.

On 29 January 2005, Canadian Les Jickling and New Zealander Mark Tanner completed the first human-powered transit of Ethiopia's Blue Nile. Their journey of over {{convert|5000|km|mi}} took five months. They recount that they paddled through two war zones, regions notorious for bandits, and were arrested at gunpoint.<ref>Mark Tanner, [http://marktanner.com/niletrip/about.html Paddling the Blue Nile in Flood] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101203027/http://marktanner.com/niletrip/about.html |date=1 November 2014 }}. Retrieved 1 November 2014</ref>