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Duncan Casey will be fol­low­ing the mighty Ama­zon river in the most ambi­tious and inti­mate way pos­si­ble: walk­ing, some­times swim­ming and prob­a­bly at times crawl­ing every inch of the Ama­zon from sea to source, and in the process inter­act­ing with its peo­ple and its wildlife face to face at ground level.

He will use social media via satel­lite com­mu­ni­ca­tions tech­nol­ogy to share the adven­ture with peo­ple inter­ested in fol­low­ing the jour­ney across one of the most vast and bio diverse land­scapes on Earth.

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Attempting a world first Ascent of the Amazon river walking & swimming SEA to Source. Be good to have your company. Tag along & I will carry you-in my phone!

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.....Infections, injections & reflections. All in next bumper blog in a few weeks time. Searching For Andromeda.

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Update. 1/4-Risky & terrifying swims thru flooded forest. Dodging shotgun traps. An aborted sos call. Lighting strikes.....

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......Delays, setbacks & tick attack’s.
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....Howler monkeys, snakes, Bats, falling trees & fast rising rivers. Losing & breaking kit. Money worries......

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GPS training in the Lake District

April 12, 2014 by Duncan

This was and still is to a certain degree one of my weak points, I’ve not had much experience with map & compass reading or navigation using a handheld GPS unit. Im sure somewhere deep in the unused part of the human brain we have a natural ability for basic navigation, perhaps it lays dormant … Read more »

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