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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 07:39 AM
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Former soldier completes 4,000-mile Amazon trek
A Leicestershire man has completed a 4,000-mile (6,400 km) trek along the length of the Amazon.

Former soldier Ed Stafford dodged vipers, electric eels, and was wrongly accused of murder during his epic journey, which began in April 2008.

The 34-year-old, of Mowsley, walked from Peru to the coast of Brazil.

A spokeswoman for Mr Stafford said he had become the first person to have walked the entire length of the longest river in the world.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-10911128
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 08:02 AM
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1. Make that 'the first Brit to have walked the Amazon'
Edited on Mon Aug-09-10 08:04 AM by SpiralHawk
Native peoples have a venerable tradition of epic pilgrimage in their own native lands and beyond: further...further...further...

Despite the media chauvanism, I give a tip of my walking stick to Mr. Ed for having completed his journey.
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