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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 May 09

  • 28th May Back to the treesSee stats
    • Location: En route back to Belem de Solimoes
    • Guides: Are looking for a new one today
    • Morale: 7/10 pre-school butterflies enhanced by miserable weather

    Sam: The departure date has finally come upon us, we have our cameras and all the preparations have been made. We rose at 7am today for our boat which is due to leave at 1pm to take us back to where we finished walking previously in the jungle. Since 7:30am it has been raining sheets, [...]

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  • 23rd May LOST IN THE AMAZONSee stats

    Matt Power´s article in Men´s Journal has just come out and makes a funny read of the time he spent with us. Click below to read: http://www.matthewpower.net/Matthew_Power/Mens_Journal_files/MJAmazon.pdf Ed

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  • 21st May The joy that is Bogota customsSee stats
    • Location: Back in Leticia - but haven't updated the map
    • Guides: None
    • Morale: 6/10 we don't like towns!

    by Ed Stafford Filming is important to us as we’re making a documentary with Ginger TV about the expedition. Last week the cameras both finally packed up and so we had no option but to look for the quickest way to replace them. Ginger were fantastic and paid for one, and then Sony came on [...]

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  • 14th May A long crossing and some new ideasSee stats
    • Latitude: -4.04416
    • Longitude: -69.52527
    • Location: Belem de Solimoes
    • Guides: Sanderley and Antonio (both Tikunas from the SPI)
    • Morale: 7/10. morale is solid

    by Sam Dyson Well its been about eight days for us to make the crossing from the first Tikuna village to Belem de Solimoas. For most of the 60 miles we have had to cut our own path through the jungle following a compas bearing and using the GPS. For me it has been a [...]

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  • 7th May Not crying over spilt fish brothSee stats
    • Latitude: -4.08674
    • Longitude: -69.68664
    • Location: 18km west of Belem de Solimoes
    • Guides: Antonio and Sanderley, two Ticunas from the Indian Police Service
    • Morale: 7/10 Sam, Cho and I are tired but fit and healthy

    Sam, Cho and I have been accompanied this week by Antonio and Sanderley (the latter pictured below), two Ticunas from the Indian Police Service (SPI). We’ve had to head inland, away from the river, to look for non-flooded dry areas. Not that straight forward in the Amazon in May – the height of flood season. [...]

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