- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Summersdale (7 April 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840246499
- ISBN-13: 978-1840246490
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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154,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #12 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Central & South America > Brazil > Amazon
- #14 in Books > Biography > Sport > Swimming
- #75 in Books > Sports, Hobbies & Games > Water Sports > Swimming & Diving
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`an engrossing profile in courage.'
--Afternoon Despatch and Courier (India) August 31, 2009
Featured on The Paul O'Grady Show.
--Channel 4 TV, 20th November 2009.
'the further he gets in his attempt, he becomes less like a Borat figure and more like Colonel Kurtz'
--The Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2010
--Afternoon Despatch and Courier (India) August 31, 2009
Featured on The Paul O'Grady Show.
--Channel 4 TV, 20th November 2009.
'the further he gets in his attempt, he becomes less like a Borat figure and more like Colonel Kurtz'
--The Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2010
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Martin Strel looks like your typical middle-aged bloke. He likes a laugh, a drink and the sight of a pretty woman. But put him in water and he turns into a swimming machine.In April 2007, after 66 days, he became the first person to swim the Amazon, 3,272 miles from the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic shores of Brazil. On this extraordinary journey he dodged piranhas, sharks and river pirates, met indigenous tribes who either revered him as a god or chased him with machetes, and swam from dawn to dusk for 60 miles every single day. Like pioneers before him who first climbed Everest or explored the poles, Martin shifted the limits of human capability.His story - of endurance, of determination, of dehydration and exhaustion, of illness and blood pressure that reached heart-attack levels - is an inspiration to people everywhere.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
yep!!
i was really excited when i saw this book in my library.I love travel/adventure stories- man against nature. This looked promising but i really struggled to get into it and gave up half way thru.
Unlike others who have reviewed it I didnt feel the author brought the story to life or evoke the amazon. It is an amamzing story of endurance in a harsh climate but its let down by poor storytelling in my humble opinion.
i was really excited when i saw this book in my library.I love travel/adventure stories- man against nature. This looked promising but i really struggled to get into it and gave up half way thru.
Unlike others who have reviewed it I didnt feel the author brought the story to life or evoke the amazon. It is an amamzing story of endurance in a harsh climate but its let down by poor storytelling in my humble opinion.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Like the other two star reviewer I was really looking forward to this book.
It was very pedestrian, very poorly written and the author spent more time talking about himself than about the journey or the swimmer.
I read to the end and it didn't get any better. They might have been swimming a big local river. I never got swept away by the enormity of the undertaking as the book just didn't describe it very well at all.
In terms of this book, a waste of a journey.
It was very pedestrian, very poorly written and the author spent more time talking about himself than about the journey or the swimmer.
I read to the end and it didn't get any better. They might have been swimming a big local river. I never got swept away by the enormity of the undertaking as the book just didn't describe it very well at all.
In terms of this book, a waste of a journey.
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Less Than Illuminating
I followed Martin Strel's swim day by day as he did it in 2007 via his son's daily posts on the internet. Read more
Published 16 months ago by The Kinniburgh Kid
Great Achievement, but terrible book
This is the most boring travel adventure book I have ever read. The author repeats himself over and over again. Read more
Published 23 months ago by timmyuk
Amazing Achievement!!
What an amazing achievement! Shame it was described in such a boring way. I kept thinking that something would happen along the way but it never did. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Jim S
An extraordinary story of a remarkable achievement
I had the great privilege of swimming with, and photographing, Martin when he visited the UK recently. Read more
Published on 9 April 2008 by Dominick Tyler
Live the amazing adventurer stroke for stroke!
Live the amazing adventure stroke for stroke with the fishman of the Amazon. Fifty something Strel attempts the impossible. Some say he's crazy. He's certainly driven. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2008 by cabin reader
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