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  • Ed Stafford became the first man to walk the length of the Amazon river in South America from the source to the sea. He walked for:

    860 days

    He started on 2nd April 2008 and finished in August 2010. No-one had ever done what he attempted.

    • Team: Ed Stafford and Gadiel "Cho" Sanchez Rivera
    • Guides: None
    • Location: The Atlantic Ocean!!!!
    • Latitude: -0.58360
    • Longitude: -47.65206
    • Morale: 10/10 the best day of my life so far. Cho's happy too!
  • Archive for December 07

  • 23rd Dec Speaking at the Adventure Travel Show – January 25thSee stats

    In January 2008, we have been asked to be guest lecturers at The Daily Telegraph Adventure Travel Show. We will talk about our upcoming adventure, why we are doing it, and how we are planning to combat the different threats that the trip poses. Talking alongside us are speakers such as Doug Scott CBE – [...]

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  • 20th Dec Tracking devices and rescue Beacons…See stats

    Since the RGS Explore weekend we have been talking with Nick Farrell of adventuretracking.com who make satellite tracking devices. Nick has kindly offered us two Yellowbrick Tracking Devices for the entire duration of our trip. These devices are the only truly global tracking units in the world and work off the Iridium network to send [...]

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  • 19th Dec Communication systems and air timeSee stats

    Today Ed had a conversation with Scott Cecil, Director of Save Your World. Scott, who phoned from America, has kindly agreed to give us full funding for the air time needed with the communications systems (BGAN Explorer 500 units pictured below). This equates to US$9000! And will now allow us to phone in weekly Sitreps [...]

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  • 10th Dec ITV Central NewsSee stats

    Ed appeared on ITV news to talk about Walking the Amazon. Watch the video below… Or if the video doesn’t display, please download it from here.

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