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    A recent world first took a little over nine exhausting weeks to achieve with the help of petrol and a number of friends throwing lots of blood? What was this achievement and why were petrol and blood involved?

    Question #79090. Asked by gmackematix. (Apr 18 07 6:56 PM)


    lanfranco

    		I think this must be Martin Strel's swimming of the Amazon, during which piranhas had to be distracted by friends in motorboats, tossing blood and all.

    I haven't eaten dinner yet. This may put me off my feed:




    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Strel

    Apr 18 07, 7:14 PM
    TheBoyPipe

    		This would be Martin Strel's 3,375 mile swim of the Amazon River. The petrol and blood were to distract the piranhas.

    http://www.amazonswim.com/main.php

    Apr 18 07, 7:17 PM
    gmackematix

    		Much of the yay must go to Frankie there, not least for her loss of apetite.
    Of course this was Martin Strel's latest feat which didn't all go, how shall I put it, swimmingly.
    His wetsuit was soaked in petrol was a piranha deterrent and the blood was thrown in to attract meat-eaters including piranhas and crocs away from the man.
    None of this would encourage me to do one width of a river full of piranhas let alone one length.

    Apr 20 07, 7:06 PM

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