Levison Wood spent nine months walking the length of the Nile River . In nine months , he walked 4000 miles and crossed 30 countries . `` I 've always been interested in the stories of the great Victorian explorers , like Livingstone and those guys , '' admits Wood . During the trip , he was threatened with death , ate fish stew and stung with scorpions .
Levison Wood spent nine months walking the length of the Nile River . In nine months , he walked 4000 miles and crossed 30 countries . During the trip , he was threatened with death , ate fish stew and stung with scorpions .