Title: Walking the Amazon
Description: 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.
Subjects: Travel, Description and travel, Hiking, Amazon river and valley, description and travel
Places: Amazon River Region
People: Ed Stafford