Walking the Amazon

[undercoverbrother]

Did anyone else catch this on TV last night.


All I can say is WOW.

Ed Stafford walked 860 days from the one side of South America to the other, following the amazon river.

[troutman]

I wanted to watch that and for got to record it.

Here is the original European Amazon walker:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Orellana

Francisco de Orellana (1511, Trujillo, Spain – November 1546, Amazon River) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He completed the first known navigation of the length of the Amazon River, which initially was named "Rio de Orellana." He also founded the city of Guayaquil in what is now Ecuador.

[undercoverbrother]

What was amazing was he went through 3 English companions.