An edition of Walking the Amazon
(2012)
Walking the Amazon
860 days. One step at a time
by Ed Stafford
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Describes the author's quest to walk the entire length of the Amazon River, offering details on the effects of deforestation and his encounters with both vicious animals and tribal members with machetes. 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. - Publisher.
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Walking the Amazon: 860 days. One step at a time
2012, Plume Books
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0452298261 9780452298262
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Prologue
Part 1 : Peru and the source of the Amazon. Conception to birth
The search for the source of the Amazon
Descending the deepest canyon in the world
Part 2 : The Red Zone. The Red Zone
The Ashaninkas
Gadiel 'Cho' Sanchez Rivera
Part 3 : The dark march to Colombia. 'Look after your gringo or we'll cut his head off'
Depression
Recovery in Iquitos
The drugs-trafficking trail to Columbia
Part 4 : Brazil. Entering Brazil
Starvation
'Cuando hay-hay. Cuando no hay-no hay'
Dedication
'He doesn't talk much, the gringo'
The sprint finish
Epilogue
Kit list for walking the Amazon
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