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.
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Daily Blog 14 of 14… Its over. Cho and I walked from 12 midday Sunday straight through the night and arrived at the Atlantic Ocean at 9am today local time. 85km in 21 hours. Feelings? Almost impossible to convey. I’d prepared myself to be disappointed but I was close to tears looking out into the [...]
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Daily Blog 13 of 14… This is an odd one to have to write. Last night at 3am we still had 85km to walk. The plan had been to push on all night to give us some rest in Maruda on Sunday night – just short of the final beach arrival on Monday morning. I [...]
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“The tides are dangerous around Belem.” we’d been warned. “The water level fluctuates greatly and the currents can be very strong.” Cho and I acknowledged the advice and ignored it simultaneously. We’ve had so much negativity over two and a half years that our response is weary and somewhat dismissive. The other reason we ignore [...]
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