Martin arrives in AtalayaDancing with AshaninkasThe Countdown BeginsMartin is SwimmingMartin is HealthyFog, Debris, and WhirlpoolsSupport Boat Sends out SOSReunitedHungry and Alone in the JungleGringo DemonsSoldiers on the BoatMaster of the bushMartin Swims with the DolphinsBrazilian Boat leaves Manaus to meet MartinUltrasound shows Martin in good conditionThe Malaria ZoneMartin’s Super Slim Swim PlanMartin Reaches the Official Start of the AmazonIquitosThe Man in the White MaskThe Yagua TribeEntering ColumbiaGoodbye Peru, Hello BrazilTabatinga, BrazilLeaving TabatingaSnakes on the boat !!!Federal Police, Bugs and Night StormPioneers of the AmazonFire Ant InfestationOpen SoresMartin Hits the Halfway PointDrop Everything and Hurry Down to the RiverGigantic CrocodileThe Call of the JaguarWicked StormFloating InfirmaryPirate AttackO Homem PeixeManacaporu, BrazilViolent Storms and Stomach AmoebasRio Negro Confluence at ManausMartin is StrandedMartin is SafeThe Team Gets a Another ScareNew RecordWhirlpools and a Call for HelpMartin’s friend joins the Expedition50 Days of SwimmingRough Water and an Exhausted SwimmerSantaremA Dire WarningPiranha Infested WatersAlmeirim, Brazil30,000 StrokesGuns for HireNo Man’s LandOne Stroke Over the LineMartin Refuses HospitalizationSwimming at Night on the Amazon?120 KM from the Finish LineNight SwimmingMartin Avoids the Deadly PororocaCrawling HomeAlmost FinishedA New World Record!!!!!!Finally in Belem: April 08, 2007Martin is RecoveringMartin is back on his feet again
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Tempers occasionally flare. Our knowledgeable guide, Miguel Rocha de Silva is famous for guiding Jacques Cousteau on his Amazon expedition twenty years ago to study everything from the coco industry to deforestation to global warming. More recently he was the guide for the late Peter Blake during the Amazon portion of his 2001 environmental expedition. Sir Peter was murdered by river pirates near the mouth of the Amazon on the eve of his departure from the region. This fact has given the team a collective lump in the throat.
Martin is now fully recovered from his bout with dehydration, swimming 93 and 89 km over the last two days. He stopped early this morning for a warm reception at Sao Paulo de Olivenca. Earlier, he cut his left hand on the jagged edge of a stick and had to leave the water until the wound stopped bleeding so as not to attract predators. Yesterday morning we had a brief rendezvous with Jean-Michel Cousteau’s “Amazon Revisited Tour.” They were studying the environmental changes that have occurred in the two decades since his father’s expedition. Live web streaming is now available.
>>Matthew Mohlke
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