Man Swims 3,272-Mile Amazon in 65 Days
By PETER MUELLO
AP
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (April 7) – Slovenian Martin Strel completed his swim of the entire 3,272-mile Amazon River on Saturday, a 65-day odyssey in which he battled exhaustion and delirium while trying to avoid flesh-eating piranhas and the dreaded bloodsucking toothpick fish.
Averaging about 50 miles a day since he started stroking in the Amazon’s Peruvian headwaters on Feb. 1, Strel fulfilled his goal near the city of Belem, 1,515 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. If confirmed by Guinness World Records, it will be the fourth time the 52-year-old has broken a world swimming distance record.
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Is he crazy?
3.272 miles maybe 🙂