Ed Stafford’s Amazon Walk In Videos, Pictures And Other Online Goods

ED Stafford has walked the length of the Amazon River. No, not swam. Walked. No again. Stafford is not the first person to navigate every page on the Amazon website. That challenge needs time. Stafford walked along a river bank for two and a half years.

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Undated handout picture of former soldier Ed Stafford, who is due to finish a record-breaking 4,000 mile trek spanning the length of the Amazon River today .

The former captain in the British Army did it “because no one has done it before”. Well, not anyone who wrote it down and took photos and video.

Along the way, Stafford has seen green leaves, anaconda snakes, more leaves, been part-eaten by leafcutter ants, and seen all kinds of leaves. suffered through illness.

But the best bit is that he’s entertaining on camera:

Anaconda from Walking the Amazon Videos on Vimeo.

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Posted: 9th, August 2010 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink