An Amazon Feat !
Well done that man !
A British adventurer became the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon after a gruelling 4,000-mile trek lasting nearly two-and-a-half years.
Former Army officer Ed Stafford, 34, reached the mouth of the river in Brazil 859 days after setting off from its source high in the mountains of Peru.
Along the way he encountered venomous snakes, electric eels and piranhas, as well as being wrongly accused of murder and chased by tribesmen armed with machetes, shotguns and bows and arrows.
Mr Stafford, from Mowsley, Leicestershire, started his jungle quest at the summit of Mount Mismi in Peru on April 2 2008.
He suffered an estimated 50,000 mosquito bites and hundreds of wasp stings before completing his trek today.
The adventurer used the trip to raise money for charity and to educate schoolchildren from around the globe about the Amazon.
are you talking about 164 love bites? :-P
hey therez cum Dracula in rescue of mosquitose,hey hey:)tin tin titing
stop hijacking the thread!
we're discussing serious issues here, like: "mosquito biting" for example! :)
khawaga, good to see you back in ql..
54.8 bites per day???
I can do 164/night! :P
i dint gt u my dear khawaja.sory m little poor in science
armanek4u: you said it. That's an average of 54.8 bites per day!!!
yeah tinker..something like that.
tinkerbell pray fr him too
50000 mosquitose..omg..God save him frm malaria
great feat indeed...but i wonder how he could keep a count of 50,000 mosquito bites.
What is the name given to a Briton who doesn't like adventure?
hmmmm, Adventure? Electric eels and pirnhas? That will be scary...
thts an amazing amazon adventure
Sounds like great fun..lol! Mighty brave of him for sure =)
in dat case u shud be saying.."dats a wild gas"
is a wild guess
Vsell let me guess.. yr a mallu :-)
Having been to Leicester before, I reckon he was safer walking the Amazon ;-)
he could make by this adventure?
Colt45; u dont go underwater , u will be dere forever
did this adventure reach guiness records ???..i hope so
You're right... Just British would have sent the right message :O)
:) Dracy
I wanna go to the Amazon one day, especially to see the underwater life there :-)
British adventurer..is not a pleonasm? :)
Thumbs UP to this brave MAN...
Must have got very wet feet!
Good job...