British man walks entire length of Amazon River in 859 days

AFTER 859 days, thousands of miles and “50,000 mosquito bites,” Ed Stafford became the first man known to have walked the entire length of the Amazon river when the waves of the Atlantic Ocean lapped at his feet in northern Brazil yesterday.

“It’s unbelievable to be here,” Stafford told the AP the moment he entered the sea. “It proves you can do anything – even if people say you cannot.”!

A few hours earlier, Stafford had collapsed at the side of the road, just short of his destination.