Man to swim the Amazon
Posted by planetultramarathon on January 29, 2007
Not ultrarunning, but ultraswimming
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2569693,00.html
A 3,375-mile swim up the Amazon
Harold Emert, Rio de Janeiro
A LONG-DISTANCE swimmer known as “the Fish Man” will start a daring 3,375-mile journey
along the entire length of the Amazon this week, a feat that has never been attempted before
because\of its extraordinary dangers. Martin Strel, 52, a Slovenian who has already swum the lengths of the Danube (1,877 miles), the Mississippi (2,360 miles) and the Yangtze (2,487 miles), was completing preparations\this weekend for his toughest challenge by far.
