The face of dedication:
Amazon Swim ProjectYou can watch the live stream...if you're really bored and want to admire his stamina.
Swimmer Martin Strel has dedicated this swim to the preservation of the rainforest, to raising awareness for Alzheimer´s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, and to promoting telemedicine as a valuable tool in bringing modern medicine to remote areas.
Martin Strel, a legendary Guinness record marathon swimmer, has always been looking for the challenges of impossible and the Amazon is going to be the next one. On Feb 1st 2007 Martin Strel is going to start swimming all the way from Atalaya (Peru) to the Atlantic Ocean at Belém (Brazil). He is planning to reach 3,375 mile (5,430 kms) long ultimate challenge in 70 days.
In 2000 he swam the Danube River (2860 km) and had achieved the world's long distance swimming record (3004 km) in 58 days. In July 2001 he achieved one more world record - 504 km of non-stop swimming in Danube within 84 hours and 10 minutes. In 2002, he swam the entire Mississippi River (3885 km) in 68 days. In 2003, he swam the Argentinean Paraná River (1930 km). On June 10, 2004, Martin started swimming down the Yangtze River (6300 km, the longest river in Asia, the third longest in the world) in China. He reached Shanghai in 40 days on July 30, 2004, one day before planned.I hope he makes it through and all, but there is some really nasty shit in tropical water. He'll probably get an infection. See the movie below:
During his swims, he sleeps for 5 hours each day. He prepares himself for a such long swimming over a year and a half.
