December | 2008 | Walking the Amazon

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.
- Team: Ed Stafford and Gadiel "Cho" Sanchez Rivera
- Guides: None
- Location: The Atlantic Ocean!!!!
- Latitude: -0.58360
- Longitude: -47.65206
- Morale: 10/10 the best day of my life so far. Cho's happy too!

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18th Dec A kinkajou for breakfast and an anaconda for the dogSee stats
- Latitude: -4.551900
- Latitude: -4.551900
- Longitude: -73.504510
- Longitude: -73.504510
- Location: Yucaruchi, Lower Ucayali, Peru
- Location: Yucaruchi, Lower Ucayali, Peru
- Guides: Cho (Mestiso), Jorge (Mestiso), Raul (Mestiso)
- Guides: Cho (Mestiso), Jorge (Mestiso), Raul (Mestiso)
- Morale: 8/10. Iquitos is close and walking with Keith has been a breath of fresh air.
- Morale: 8/10. Iquitos is close and walking with Keith has been a breath of fresh air.
After 3 hours of miserable walking on Wednesday through torrential rain we were invited into a thatched house by complete strangers to join them for breakfast. “What’s in the pot?” I asked, dripping with water and sweat. “Mono” was the reply. Monkey. They said it was a big one and I was rolling my eyes [...]
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