An edition of Walking the Amazon (2012)

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860 days. One step at a time

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An edition of Walking the Amazon (2012)

Walking the Amazon

860 days. One step at a time

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Describes the author's quest to walk the entire length of the Amazon River, offering details on the effects of deforestation and his encounters with both vicious animals and tribal members with machetes. 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. - Publisher.

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Plume Books
Language
English
Pages
336

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Subjects
Travel, Description and travel, Hiking, Amazon river and valley, description and travel
People
Ed Stafford
Places
Amazon River Region

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Walking the Amazon: 860 days. One step at a time
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Table of Contents

Foreword / Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Prologue
Part 1 : Peru and the source of the Amazon. Conception to birth
The search for the source of the Amazon
Descending the deepest canyon in the world
Part 2 : The Red Zone. The Red Zone
The Ashaninkas
Gadiel 'Cho' Sanchez Rivera
Part 3 : The dark march to Colombia. 'Look after your gringo or we'll cut his head off'
Depression
Recovery in Iquitos
The drugs-trafficking trail to Columbia
Part 4 : Brazil. Entering Brazil
Starvation
'Cuando hay-hay. Cuando no hay-no hay'
Dedication
'He doesn't talk much, the gringo'
The sprint finish
Epilogue
Kit list for walking the Amazon

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
918.11
Library of Congress
GV199.45.A45 S73 2012, GV199.45.A45 S73 2011, GV199.45.A45S73 2012

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
319 p.
Number of pages
336
Dimensions
21 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

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OL25276273M
Internet Archive
walkingamazon8600000staf
ISBN 10
0452298261
ISBN 13
9780452298262
LCCN
2012010986

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