Walking the Amazon
860 Days. The Impossible Task. The Incredible Journey
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- £5.99
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
In April 2008, Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the River Amazon. Nearly two and a half years later, he had crossed the whole of South America to reach the mouth of the colossal river.
With danger a constant companion - outwitting alligators, jaguars, pit vipers and electric eels, not to mention overcoming the hurdles of injuries and relentless tropical storms - Ed's journey demanded extreme physical and mental strength. Often warned by natives that he would die, Ed even found himself pursued by machete-wielding tribesmen and detained for murder.
However, Ed's journey was an adventure with a purpose: to help raise people's awareness of environmental issues. Ed had unprecedented access to indigenous communities and witnessed the devastating effects of the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest first-hand. His story of disappearing tribes and loss of habitats concerns us all.
Ultimately though, Walking the Amazon is an account of a world-first expedition that takes readers on the most daring journey along the world's greatest river and through the most bio-diverse habitat on earth.
Customer Reviews
Unbelievable!
Ed Stafford must be superhuman. This book tells it how it is. What an adventure and what a book. Highly recommended. Doesn’t pull any punches and leaves you feeling eternally grateful for the warmth and comfort of your cosy armchair!
Brilliant read
Absolutely loved this book and couldn’t put it down! What an epic adventure!
A great read
Couldn’t stop reading once I started and I’m not a book reader at all I stumbled across this, I had watched the 2 part tv documentary a while before which impressed me greatly.. this book for me was thoroughly brilliant with great insight into how Tough this really was and how mentally strong one individual can be..