THE LONGEST RIVER
Peter Meredith, expedition specialist is currently doing a tour of the UK providing an introductory slide show and premier of the THE LONGEST RIVER a 90min feature documentary film for National Geographic.
On Friday 21st May 2004, an international team of rafters from South Africa, New Zealand and England crossed into the Mediterranean Sea and became the first people to have descended the full length of the White Nile - more than 5,800 km - starting on Lake Victoria, at the source of The Nile in Uganda, passing through Sudan and then crossing all of Egypt, sticking strictly to the river and its banks.
The explorers braved some of the toughest rapids in the world, crocodile and hippo attacks, a marsh the size of England as well as two civil wars, passed through the worlds longest desert on their four and a half month-long journey down the world's longest river to complete one of man's last great challenges.
The Nile River is highly diverse and flows through jungle to desert, Christianity to Islam, from war-torn Africa to some of the most visited tourist sites in the world. Come and experience this incredible journey for yourself.
Dates and Venues: (not necessarily in chronological order )
Sat the 25th Feb. ,7 pm,
Nottingham Raft festival, at the white water course,
Holme Pierrepont.
Sun the 26th Feb., 7 pm,
Whitehall Centre,
Longhill,
Buxton,
SK17 6SX
8th & 30 th March 2006 shows start at 8:00pm
Glenmore Lodge
Aviemore
Inverness-shire
PH22 1QU
9th March 2006 show starts at 7:00pm
Eden Court Theatre
Inverness
pete.fbx@gmail.com
07919 451 333
www.firebrandx.net
