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Old Aug 24, 2009, 09:57 PM // 21:57   #1
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-21617264/

This guy is my hero.
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Old Aug 24, 2009, 11:02 PM // 23:02   #2
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Holy RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing Shit, thats effing awesome!
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Old Aug 24, 2009, 11:07 PM // 23:07   #3
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Eww at that parasite, though...
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 12:37 AM // 00:37   #4
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Eww at the thought of touching Yangtze water. It's more of a miracle that he lived through that, it surely is the foulest river on the planet.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 02:26 AM // 02:26   #5
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Wow that is crazy... and that parasite sounds absolutely terrible...
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 03:31 AM // 03:31   #6
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candiru yum!
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 03:50 AM // 03:50   #7
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WOW

I'm speechless...
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 04:25 AM // 04:25   #8
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Awesome....now I'm afraid of water.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 05:01 AM // 05:01   #9
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yeah I'm not getting water that isn't completely encased in concrete or some other manmade material
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 05:24 AM // 05:24   #10
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awesomeeeee..
he's better than Forrest..
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 02:13 PM // 14:13   #11
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Wow, that guy is seriously amazing.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 02:24 PM // 14:24   #12
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"the vampire fish, a parasite with a vicious tactic. It is attracted by the scent of urine and enters the body by swimming up the penis."

F that man, F it. A helluva guy though.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 06:14 PM // 18:14   #13
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I think I'm more impressed by the Yangtze than the Amazon tbh.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 06:22 PM // 18:22   #14
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I think I'm more impressed by the Yangtze than the Amazon tbh.
I agree that probably was like swimming in a cesspool.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 06:43 PM // 18:43   #15
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Thats insane, lucky he didn't die after the Yangtze, but the amazon? Dude has balls.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 06:57 PM // 18:57   #16
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Okay little disapointed cause I was expecting a video lol but the best part about the article was that he gets hit on by girls for that.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 08:42 PM // 20:42   #17
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Holy fking shit. He swam through dirty waters of bull sharks, piranhas, andacondas, candiru (which sound absolutely HORRIBLE), stingrays, (child eating) 15 foot catfish, crocodiles/alligators, with tarantulas, giant millipedes, and scorpions falling from trees, had parasites, pirates and native tribes on the land, during storms and heat.

Words cannot explain the amazingness of this. Seriously, I don't know what to say. Dude is a fking battle lion.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 09:08 PM // 21:08   #18
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Okay little disapointed cause I was expecting a video lol but the best part about the article was that he gets hit on by girls for that.
I'm sort of grateful there isn't a video. I bet you that guy looks like a goddamn horrorshow after that.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 09:28 PM // 21:28   #19
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I'm sort of grateful there isn't a video. I bet you that guy looks like a goddamn horrorshow after that.
66 days of swimming through the amazon? That guy must have looked pretty damn messed up.
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Old Aug 25, 2009, 10:07 PM // 22:07   #20
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I was thinking more about this last night, and doing the math behind it.

The Amazon is roughly 3200 miles long, and he swam it in 66 days, for 10 hours/day. Let's round that off to 3300 miles and he's swimming a swift 5 mph.

He would have to keep up near world record freestyle pace to finish in 660 hours.

Obviously, the river's current plays a huge role in pushing him down the river. I'm not taking anything away from him by bringing this up - swimming the entire Amazon (against the current or with it) is by far the bravest thing I've ever heard of.

I just thought his "speed" was rather alarming.
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