WALKING THE AMAZON: 860 DAYS.THE IMPOSSIBLE TASK.THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

Book ID/图书代码： 06580010B40918

English Summary/英文概要： In April 2008, Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the River Amazon. Nearly two and a half years later, he had crossed the whole of South America to reach the mouth of the colossal river.

With danger a constant companion - outwitting alligators, jaguars, pit vipers and electric eels, not to mention overcoming the hurdles of injuries and relentless tropical storms - Ed’s journey demanded extreme physical and mental strength. Often warned by natives that he would die, Ed even found himself pursued by machete-wielding tribesmen and detained for murder.

However, Ed’s journey was an adventure with a purpose: to help raise people’s awareness of environmental issues. Ed had unprecedented access to indigenous communities and witnessed the devastating effects of deforestation first-hand. His story of disappearing tribes and loss of habitats concerns us all.

Ultimately though, Amazon is an account of a world-first expedition that takes readers on the most daring journey along the world’s greatest river and through the most bio-diverse habitat on Earth.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《征服亚马逊》内容简介：

2008年4月，埃德·斯塔福德开始了他的旅程，试图成为人类历史上第一个徒步穿越整个亚马逊河流域的人。花了大约2年半时间，他成功跨越整个南美洲，抵达了广阔的亚马逊河口。一路上，危险伴随始终。他机智地躲过鳄鱼、美洲豹、蝮蛇和电鳗的袭击，战胜伤痛和热带暴雨的折磨，全凭着极其坚强的身体和意志。埃德经常被当地人警告，他继续走下去将面临死亡。他甚至被诬为谋杀者，遭到挥舞着弯刀的土著追杀、囚禁。然而，埃德的探险旅程目的明确：寄希望于唤起人们的环境保护意识。埃德史无前例地与当地土著进行接触，亲眼目睹了森林退化造成的灾难效应。在他的故事中，消失的部落、灭绝的物种将引起我们的关注。(AC)

Awards/获奖情况：2011 法兰克福书展新书

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Stafford：创造一次惊心动魄的冒险，成为走完亚马逊河全程流域的第一人，使读者与亚马逊产生更紧密的联系，认识它的奇迹，它的问题……并非是针对森林开伐所作的生态环境抗议战，也不是为土著居民的权利开展的政治活动，它是世界第一，主要为了让人们了解亚马逊雨林复杂性的探险之旅……
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’Walking from the Pacific, over the Andes and along the entire length of the Amazon to the Atlantic is truly extraordinary... To do all this puts Stafford’s endeavour in the top league of expeditions past and present’---SIR RANULPH FIENNES OBE
“始于太平洋，翻越安第斯山脉，途径整个亚马逊流域，最后到达大西洋，这真是非比寻常的历险！为完成这些，斯塔福德在组建顶级的探险团队时，付出了巨大的努力，过去和现在都是一样。”---雷纳夫·法因斯男爵，曾被授予英帝国勋章（全名和头衔：Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wickham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE，英国探险家，也是第一名光临南北极的人物。）

About the Author/作者介绍： 埃德·斯塔福德，于2002年从英国军队中以上尉的身份退役后，就投入到全球探险远征活动中。在领导探险活动之前，他在联合国驻阿富汗机构工作，帮助那里举行有史以来第一次总统大选。在这次远征之前，埃德参与了英国广播公司（BBC）拍摄的自然保护系列片《失落的美洲豹家园》。2010年8月，埃德成为了第一个徒步穿越整个亚马逊河流域的人。他一路有一个森林工人加迪尔·丘·桑切斯·里瓦拉相伴，除了头4个月，丘陪伴埃德走完了长达28个月的跋涉旅程。埃德的激情蕴藏于推动自己完成别人看来不可能的伟大事业。他希望用自己的远征探险教育和激励大人和小孩，鼓励他们去挑战偏见，诚实并全面地看待这个世界。

Ed Stafford started running expeditions after retiring from the British Army as a captain in 2002 and has led expeditions all over the world. Whilst not leading trips, Ed worked alongside the United Nations in Afghanistan assisting with the running of their first-ever presidential elections. Prior to this journey Ed was in production with the BBC on their conservation series Lost Land of the Jaguar. In August 2010, Ed became the first man to walk the length of the River Amazon, accompanied by forestry worker Gadiel ’Cho’ Sanchez Rivera for all but four months of the 28-month journey.
Ed’s passion lies in pushing himself to achieve feats that others may not believe are possible. He intends to use his remote expeditions to educate and inspire children and adults alike to challenge their preconceptions and look at the world from a conscientious and holistic standpoint.

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