Sunday 19th June Ed Stafford - walking the Amazon

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On 9th August 2010, British explorer Ed Stafford became the first person to walk the length of the Amazon river in South America from its source to the sea. His epic, dangerous and exhausting journey was over 4000 miles long and took him 860 days to complete - the longest jungle expedition in history.

Ed will be appearing at The Gala, DURHAM on Sunday 19th June, talking about his incredible journey and showing footage and images from his expedition.

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More about Ed's Amazon expedition...

When Ed set out on his expedition in April 2008, everyone told him it couldn’t be done. No one had ever attempted to walk the length of the Amazon before. He was told it was too far, he would probably die, get ill or that the dense forest, biting insects, snakes, bogs, jaguars and fearful tribes would be too much. But he went anyway. Two and half years later, 18 months longer than he thought it would take, Ed finally reached the Atlantic Ocean and became the first known person to walk the entire length of the Amazon river from source to sea.

From 18-foot long caimans, enormous anaconda snakes, deadly pit-vipers, illness, food shortages and the threat of drowning, Ed and his companion Cho, who joined him 5 months into the trip, encountered every conceivable danger along the way. But the most serious threat to their lives came from a terrifying encounter with a particularly fierce indigenous tribe, who chased and captured Ed and Cho, holding them at gun-point until they were finally released after three long hours of negotiations.

In Walking the Amazon, Ed recounts his epic two-and-a-half year journey with images and footage from his expedition. A vivid portrait of a man driven to the edge of his own sanity, to join the ranks of the greatest explorers of all time.

“A stupendous achievement, right up there with Hillary’s ascent of Everest and the conquerors of the poles.” Daily Mail

"Truly extraordinary...in the top league of expeditions past and present." Sir Ranulph Fiennes