1000KM ON ‘HELL RIVER’
Sep 02, 2022
4 minutes
BY JACQUES MYBURGH
TAKE three academics, give them canoes and drop them in one of the most inhospitable spots on Earth – a place where deadly piranhas lurk, anacondas slither and swarms of mosquitoes are out for blood.
The result? An adventure of epic proportions that changed not only the lives of the three intrepid adventurers but also shone a spotlight on climate change.
South African adventurer Wayne van Zijl (33) has first-hand knowledge of the brutality of the place after camping on the banks of the Rio Madeira, one of the Amazon River’s tributaries.
“I just stuck my one hand outside the netting and it suddenly felt as if my
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