Row the Nile in May 2022

Plan a rowing adventure and row the Nile in Egypt…

An episode of the RowingChat podcast, hosted by Rebecca Caroe, titled "Row the Nile in May 2022" was published on February 25, 2022 and runs 33 minutes.

February 25, 2022 ·33m · RowingChat

Summary

Plan a rowing adventure and row the Nile in Egypt with expert guides Hatem Kandeel and Ayman Kamal. Timestamps 01:00 Hateem Kandeel's rowing background with the Arab Contractors Rowing Team I wanted to row from Aswan to the Mediterranean 04:00 I have no problem rowing for hours on the erg for 4-5 hours. People told me I couldn't do a long row like this. 06:00 2021 was my planned date for the row. The Nile can be very rough so I planned to use a coastal boat. I started on 1 June 2021 and it took 23 days and 5 stops to get to Cairo. Then 9 days from there to the sea. 08:00 The Environment Minister asked me to be an ambassador for the environment around the Nile. I got on TV and the news. The goal was awareness of the care of the river and the health of the people. 09:30 The theme for 2022 is Social Responsibility for the Nile Row. Three goals 1 - Never pollute the Nile. Take the oath. Change the mindset of people 2 - Help Egyptians understand their history using NFTs technology. With a revenue share with the Tourism industry via government. 3 - Spread rowing around the country. Rowing is the official sport for Aswan Province now. We are also talking to UN Women to support women and rowing. 14:00 We plan to make Row the Nile an annual event around new year's time During 2022 it will be done twice - once in May and once in December - January 2023. Hatem is inviting masters to join him on the May event. The section from Aswan to Luxor focuses on ancient Egyptian history with stops at historic monuments. 20:00 Ayman Kamal is the organiser of the event. MAp of Upper Egypt - you will row past monuments 23:30 Start at Abu Simbel upstream of the Aswan High Dam. 27:00 Find out more on the website https://www.facebook.com/rowing.the.nile.event We plan to do 30-50 km of rowing with stopes every 4-5 days. Using coastal sculling boats. 31:00 We want to use rowing to connect people worldwide.

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