Amazon swimmer

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ok guess he is 'fish mamal' now? ewurm beat that record ;)
 
figures the guy's doctor is a PSYCHOtherapist. You got something loose in your head to be swimming in any river in China with all the stuff they just dump in there including heavy industry pollutants. Stuff will make you sterile.
 
worrying to think he took 65days when a guy swam the altantic in 72 that was a challenge
 
pygo;793471; said:
Slovenian ends Amazon swim after 65 days, claims world record
By PETER MUELLO, Associated Press Writer
April 7, 2007

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- After 3,272 miles of exhaustion, sunburn, delirium and piranhas....

"I am not going to do the Nile. It's long but not challenging enough, it is just a small creek, he said. "The Amazon is much more mighty."

Ya right, I think the nile crocadiles and the Hippos are the reason for not swimming the Nile.
 
Bderick67;794262; said:
Ya right, I think the nile crocadiles and the Hippos are the reason for not swimming the Nile.

I was thinking the same thing. Don't Nile croc's average 16ft long when full grown?

And dont hippos kill more people than any other mammal?
 
Guppy's_Hell;794356; said:
I was thinking the same thing. Don't Nile croc's average 16ft long when full grown?

And dont hippos kill more people than any other mammal?

I think it is actually elephants that kill more people. The Hippo is king of the river though even the crocs stay away.
 
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