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Pete 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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A world first ascent of the Amazon river on foot. Sea to source. Raising awareness of our planet's most incredible & vital ecosystem. @fatmap ambassador.

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“After millions of years serving as an immense global carbon pool, under further warming the Amazon rainforest is predicted to become a net carbon source to the atmosphere. Some regions have already made the transition.” https://twitter.com/ScienceMagazine/status/1618686477612769280

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Human activity and drought ‘degrading more than a third of Amazon rainforest’

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Human activity and drought ‘degrading more than a third of Amazon rainforest‘

Fires, land conversion, logging and water shortages have weakened resilience of 2.5m sq km of forest, says study

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Last few steps to the top of the furthest source mountain of the mighty Amazon river (most distant source of uninterrupted flow) Altitude - 18,363 ft
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Jungle training with Amazonia Expeditions

May 9, 2014 by Casey

Even though I had previously spent some time in the Brazilian Amazon I still needed to up my confidence in preparation for the immense challenge I had set myself, so in late May 2013 with my trusty credit card to hand I booked an eight-day trip to an Eco lodge in deepest darkest Peru with … Read more »

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