NEW YORK -- Martin Strel swims with a knife strapped to his right leg -- in case he encounters sharks, "vampire" fish and other deadly marine life in the world's wildest waters. On Thursday, the ...
The world’s rivers can be dangerous places – at least if you’re swimming in them. Marathon swimmer and Guinness World Record holder Martin Strel has navigated pirates, piranhas and parasites in more ...
When I first read about Martin Strel swimming the Amazon in February 2007, his predicament took me back to a report years ago of an elephant spotted some 50 miles out to sea in the Bay of Bengal. It ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Strel swims with a knife strapped to his right leg — in case he encounters sharks, "vampire" fish and other deadly marine life in the world's wildest waters. On Thursday, the 60 ...
The Life Aquatic with Martin Strel If I died here, I thought, a distinct possibility, only the fish would ever find me. Or archaeologists a few millennia down the line, after the lake bed had dried ...
Well, I thought the Man Who Swam the Amazon was stripping down to nothing. So despite the throngs of people strolling beside Lake Bled, in northwestern Slovenia, I followed suit, hurriedly ripping off ...
One man is preparing to swim the length of the Amazon River in 70 consecutive days, facing poisonous animals, rough currents and unhygienic water with the help of cutting-edge technology that will ...
Martin Strel has already smashed four Guinness World Records after swimming the entire length of the Amazon, Yangtze, Mississippi and Danube rivers. Now the 56-year-old is setting his sights on ...
The world’s rivers can be dangerous places – at least if you’re swimming in them. Marathon swimmer and Guinness World Record holder Martin Strel has navigated pirates, piranhas and parasites in more ...
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