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Lädt ... The Man Who Swam the Amazon: 3,274 Miles on the World's Deadliest Rivervon Matthew Mohlke, Martin Strel
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On Sunday, April 8, 200 7, 52-year old Martin Strel completed the first-ever swim of the 3,274-mile-long Amazon River. The Fish Man, as he was called by locals, almost died in the process several times; he encountered deadly piranha, crocodiles, anaconda, river sharks, blistering, relentless sun, dangerous currents, river pirates and drug runners, and the insidious candiru. At the finish his blood pressure was at heart attack level, his entire body full of subcutaneous larvae, and besieged by dehydration, diarrhea, and exhaustion. Strel, who holds multiple Guinness world records for long-distance river swims, undertook this epic Amazon swim to call attention to deforestation and river pollution. His journey was covered by national media around the world, and followed by tens of millions of readers on a website tracking his progress (www.amazonswim.com). A documentary film of his journey will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008.Drawn from the eloquent and evocative trip diaries of writer Matthew Mohlke, who guided Strel armed with buckets of blood to divert piranha, The Man Who Swam the Amazon is a gripping and inspirational story of perseverance, passion, and endurance: A real-life odyssey of a rare and driven man.Martin Strel is one of the most elite athletes in history. He holds three Guinness world records in distance swimming, and is about to earn his fourth for his Amazon swim.Matthew Mohlke is author of Floating Down the Country, an account of his Mississippi River paddling adventures. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This was to be his longest and most challenging swim. The Amazon river contains a number of animals that se the lone swimming human as a source of lunch. As well as the notorious piranha that can strip a body in no time at all, there are anaconda snakes, the native crocs and river sharks. On top of that there is the environment, the sun is fierce, the river is hugely powerful and full of bacteria causing horrendous stomach bugs to Martin and the rest of the support crew. And then there is the monumental effort required to complete a swim of this length; it is exhausting, relentless and the physical strain on his body brings him very close to death.
But his epic swim brought much needed publicity and attention to the plight of the Amazon rainforest. His arrival at the towns and villages was celebrated frequently, he gained the accolade of The Fish Man from the locals, and his progress was tracked by thousands on the internet.
It isn’t a bad book overall. Written as a diary, Mohlke has managed to convey the effort required by Strel in undertaking this astonishing challenge, as well as the stresses and strains of the team supporting in his record attempt, as well as giving a flavour of life on the Amazon. The writing is a bit clunky, though that is probably because Mohlke is not an author, but an expedition man. Worth a read though. (