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Slovenian Man Swims the Amazon

If you have a dream that might seem impossible at first, don't give up, just follow it and keep on trying.🙂 You'll will be victorious sooner or later.
 
Forget the fatigue, cramps, pirahanas, and other scary stuffs... he got second degree burns all over from sun exposure! 😱 Still quite the feat, especially considering he set three previous world records for distance.
 
Wow, that guy is amazing. The amount of endurance such a feat would require is simply unreal. 😱 🙂
 
Wow, I can't imagine. I once swam 4.5 miles by accident, with current. I can't imagine going this far.
 
I just love the quote at the end, as it really summarizes Mr. Strel's world view:

"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."
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What a wonderfully amazing thing. 🙂
 
dmw007 said:
You accidentally swam 4.5 miles? 😕
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Typical college weekend, too much alcohol, too few active neurons. Swam the Withalacoochee river from springs to the take out point,( it was a tubing river ).

Seemed like a good idea when we started, felt like a death march by the time we finished. (I'm estimating 4.5 miles, seemed like 45 ).
 
dsnort said:
Typical college weekend, too much alcohol, too few active neurons. Swam the Withalacoochee river from springs to the take out point,( it was a tubing river ).
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I hope you were not drunk while you were swimming! 😱

dsnort said:
Seemed like a good idea when we started, felt like a death march by the time we finished. (I'm estimating 4.5 miles, seemed like 45 ).
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Well, glad to hear that you survived dsnort. And swimming 4.5 miles is still impressive. 🙂
 
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