British dude becomes the first to walk the entire Amazon. 2.5 years of walking

[irishScott]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/0...man-walk-entire-amazon-river/?test=latestnews

Damn...

 

[MotF Bane]

Whoa.

 

[sygyzy]

That is truly amazing. Thanks for sharing.

 

[DesiPower]

Damn the Britishers, they are trying to colonize Amazon now.

/irrelevant_tinfoil_neff

 

[dainthomas]

"Doing it because it's never been done" is as good a reason as any to do something (and better than most). The article didn't give me the impression he was trying to save the earth, or some such nonsense.

 

[Blackjack200]

I bet he can't survive a 230 degree sauna.

 

[overst33r]

I like this part:

After they were welcomed in one Indian community in September 2008, the leaders offered to radio ahead to the next village for permission for Stafford and Rivera to walk through their territory.

"The response came back crystal clear. If a beloved patriot walks into their community they will kill him," Stafford wrote on his blog at that time.

 

[highland145]

The back story.

"I was in a pub with my mates and they were going on about how long the Amazon was. I was in my pints and said it didn't look so big on the map. I could walk it and that's when they.......double dog dared me." Oh, snap.

 

[QueBert]

"Doing it because it's never been done" is as good a reason as any to do something (and better than most). The article didn't give me the impression he was trying to save the earth, or some such nonsense.

He made it so this is some amazing, hugely important event. If he had been eaten by Piranhas he'd be a Darwin award winner. The fact that wanting to do this made him a Darwin candidate, I feel even though he didn't die he's still a moron.

 

[dainthomas]

He made it so this is some amazing, hugely important event. If he had been eaten by Piranhas he'd be a Darwin award winner. The fact that wanting to do this made him a Darwin Candidate, I feel even though he didn't die he's still a moron.

I guess Hillary and Amundsen were morons too. They didn't have any better reasons to do what they did.

 

[QueBert]

I guess Hillary and Amundsen were morons too. They didn't have any better reasons to do what they did.

Yeah because a man who took a drunk dare from his friends in a bar has a lot in common with famous explorers. They discovered shit, this dude didn't discover anything. And he won't be written about in history books. I seem to remember Amundsen in my history book. I somehow doubt in 100 years kids will be reading about this idiot in their history books.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

"He has lived off piranha fish he caught, rice and beans, and store-bought provisions found in local communities along the river."

and

"Stafford said his journey — which has cost $100,000 ..."

does not compute

 

[BrokenVisage]

He deserves Amazon Prime for life.

 

[QueBert]

"He has lived off piranha fish he caught, rice and beans, and store-bought provisions found in local communities along the river."

and

"Stafford said his journey — which has cost $100,000 ..."

does not compute

I think some of this has to be made up, he said he was captured by Indian tribes, yet everything I've read about the tribes along the Amazon is most have little to no contact with outside people and don't speak a known language. Yet, one captures him and they radio to the next to ask if he can pass thru. How exactly did he talk to them? Sounds like a bullshit drinking buddy story to me.

 

[Cogman]

The back story.

"I was in a pub with my mates and they were going on about how long the Amazon was. I was in my pints and said it didn't look so big on the map. I could walk it and that's when they.......double dog dared me." Oh, snap.

ha ha ha. That really is a standard British comprehension of geography. They have none. Most of them think that it takes about 1 hour, tops, to get to california from new york.

Oh well, at least he can go back and tell his mates "Hey, the amazon is FREAKING HUGE".

 

[dainthomas]

Yeah because a man who took a drunk dare from his friends in a bar has a lot in common with famous explorers. They discovered shit, this dude didn't discover anything. And he won't be written about in history books. I seem to remember Amundsen in my history book. I somehow doubt in 100 years kids will be reading about this idiot in their history books.

What did Hillary discover? That's it's cold up there? Amundsen had no scientific justification for going (that was Scott), the overriding goal was to simply be the first one to do it.

 

[Snapster]

ha ha ha. That really is a standard British comprehension of geography. They have none. Most of them think that it takes about 1 hour, tops, to get to california from new york.

Oh well, at least he can go back and tell his mates "Hey, the amazon is FREAKING HUGE".

Complete and utter tosh.

 

[highland145]

Complete and utter tosh.

Completely and utterly sloshed?

 

[QueBert]

What did Hillary discover? That's it's cold up there? Amundsen had no scientific justification for going (that was Scott), the overriding goal was to simply be the first one to do it.

Nobody knew what was up there, it's not like we don't know what's at the end of the Amazon river. I'm not saying Amundsen is a smart man for doing what he did. But at least he DISCOVERED something (that nothing was up there, but something) This Brit discovered jack shit

 

[MotF Bane]

Nobody knew what was up there, it's not like we don't know what's at the end of the Amazon river. I'm not saying Amundsen is a smart man for doing what he did. But at least he DISCOVERED something (that nothing was up there, but something) This Brit discovered jack shit

/facepalm

 

[Cogman]

Complete and utter tosh.

. Oh, that was the other thing that almost every brit has, a superiority complex. Heaven forbid you say something negative about their public (no matter how true it is).

 

[irishScott]

I think some of this has to be made up, he said he was captured by Indian tribes, yet everything I've read about the tribes along the Amazon is most have little to no contact with outside people and don't speak a known language. Yet, one captures him and they radio to the next to ask if he can pass thru. How exactly did he talk to them? Sounds like a bullshit drinking buddy story to me.

And your theory has more credibility... how? Oh and "native tribes" aren't always living in Tee-pee-equivalents. There are plenty of tribes who have had contact with the outside world but maintain their tribal structure. This was probably one of them.

 

[coldmeat]

He's clearly running.

 

[1sikbITCH]

I think some of this has to be made up, he said he was captured by Indian tribes, yet everything I've read about the tribes along the Amazon is most have little to no contact with outside people and don't speak a known language. Yet, one captures him and they radio to the next to ask if he can pass thru. How exactly did he talk to them? Sounds like a bullshit drinking buddy story to me.

Watch the video.

 

[Powermoloch]

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