Buckets of Blood Readied for Peace Swim
Charles Johnson
Fri Jan 19, 2007 at 6:07 pm PST • Views: 226
Martin Strel plans to swim the length of the Amazon River for world peace. But this peace mission is different than most; it requires buckets of blood.
Ironic enough?
LIMA (Reuters) - Few would even dare swim the Amazon river bank to bank but Slovenian Martin Strel plans to swim 3,375 miles down the world’s greatest river, defying piranhas, snakes, crocodiles and even sharks.
Buckets of animal blood will be loaded onto support boats to distract flesh-eating fish and reptiles during the 52-year-old’s 70-day odyssey — which would break his own world length record for a swim. …
He says on his Web site that he has “a dream” — proving to the world that nothing is impossible and that the world can one day live in peace.
“I’ve always been swimming for peace and friendship. I decided to dedicate the Amazon swim also to the preservation of the rain forest and clean waters,” he said.
Among the friendly Amazonians Mr. Strel is likely to encounter on his symbolic voyage (if the animal blood doesn’t distract them) is the candiru, a progressive, peace-loving creature that swims into your urethra, extrudes spines that lock it in place, and proceeds to peacefully feast on your flesh and blood. Often requires peaceful amputation to remove, if you’re that lucky.
Frank says: