Boats on the Nile (TIF: 6.3MB)
Feluccas, the timeless Egyptian Nile sailboats, crisscrossing the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. The felucca has been the main mode of transport up and down the Nile River in Egypt for thousands of years, since the time of the pharaohs. © Michel L'Huillier
Waterfalls (TIF: 6.3MB)
An expedition member rappels down Tissisat Falls and into a waiting raft at the bottom of the falls. The expedition wanted to run every inch of the Nile, if possible, and they were not to be daunted by a 153-foot-tall waterfall.
Kayaker (TIF: 8.4MB)
Gordon Brown kayaking past one of the many waterfalls that spill into the Blue Nile as it cuts its way through the Northern Gorge in the highlands of Ethiopia. This was the most dangerous part of the entire Blue Nile because there were continuous Class V and VI rapids for the entire 50-mile stretch of the gorge. © Pasquale Scaturro
Pasquale Scaturro (TIF: 6.6MB)
Expedition leader Pasquale Scaturro catches up on his daily notes in the expedition journal. Scaturro kept a detailed written and photographic record of the entire Nile expedition. © Michel L'Huillier
Rafting the Nile (TIF: 6.5MB)
Mike Prosser runs a Class V waterfall on the upper Blue Nile below Lake Tana. There were many such rapids and waterfalls in this section of the river, many of which had never been run before. © Kurt Hoppe
Navigating Through the Nile's Rapids (TIF: 8.1MB)
Pasquale Scaturro guides the expedition across the Class V Island Rapid in the Western Gorge of extreme western Ethiopia, just before reaching the Sudan border. Island Rapid, with its many large steep drops, is the last major rapid on the Blue Nile before it enters Sudan. © Michel L'Huillier
Rappeling (TIF: 7.8MB)
Expedition leader Pasquale Scaturro encouraging Mohammed Megahed to rappel off the edge of the 153-foot-high Tissisat Falls during the filming of the IMAX film Mystery of the Nile. This was the first time Mohammed had ever been on a rope; he was petrified of the height and the sound of the cascading waterfall. © Michel L'Huillier
Nile River Scene (TIF: 6.4MB)
Pasquale Scaturro rows an expedition raft down Arafami Falls on the upper Blue Nile below Lake Tana. Although Arafami Falls is considered a Class V+ to VI rapid, there was a small waterfall that the expedition was able to negotiate making their run the first-ever descent of this tremendous rapid. © Michel L'Huillier
