Big River Man Page #2

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AMAZON SWIM:

ATLANTIS, WATER PARK

SLOVENIA, LJUBLJANA

This is Atlantis

where Martin has a free

membership here

for the rest of his life.

He's the only

person in Slovenia

with this and the

really in the whole world.

He's like a mascot for them

because of his extreme

achievements

go with the

fact that Atlantis

is the largest

indoor water park

in the whole Europe.

This is where you

can find Martin always

Martin trains every days in

a swimming pool for 5 hours.

He swims 4 km

one hour in the pool

so he's training

At the end of the day

he spends time

some tanning

and tubing at the Atlantis

water slides.

Martin's physical training

is very important.

but his mental training

is maybe even more

important than that.

POSTOJNA CAVE,

SLOVENIA:

This is way Martin has

been spending

the whole summer

underground.

He has a special

password

from the Slovenian

government

to enter into a giant cave.

He just typed on his PDA

and the door just open.

Martin does this

it get closer

to the underground

animals.

And I think he's

looking kind of

for a passion how

how all the animals

sleep underground.

that's he's gonna understand in

the Amazon all this animals.

Martin believes that if he

thinks like an animal

while he'll swimming the Amazon

he will not be eaten.

Slovenians likes to do many

things at the same time.

When the Martin is drunk

driving while go in

but also doing

two tabs of training.

He's power breathing

which is good

for his lungs

and he's also

learning English.

"You look young."

"Oh, Mary. I am your

husband Henry."

"I am good looking

in about forty

and I wear glasses."

"Oh, I don't like glasses."

"And you Jessica?"

"What do you do?"

"I am a drug dealer.

-What?"

AMAZON SWIM:

Slovenia is one of

the cleanest

countries on the earth

and Martin grows

up swimming

in only pure waters

like a 1000 years ago.

That time was

also communism

and every one was

very depressed.

He was always poor

and lived in the tiny house

from the government.

So Martin would

drink and drink

and then shout

and say:
"Goodbye."

I am going away

for a few days.

When I ask him where

he went he would say:

"I just went

to Italy to relax."

U.S. EMBASSY

LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

Martin always says,

to be a winner you must

be a friend of winner.

He knows a lot of them.

One of Martin's

favorite winners

is American ambassador

in Slovenia.

They likes each other

because Martin likes America

and America like him too.

People think Martin is rich

and powerful like them

but it's really

me and Martin

try to save money

for Amazon swim.

"I come and you follow

me with the basket."

"Then bring on

that table."

"OK? Go there."

Mr. ambassador.

Thank you very much.

Good representation.

Bye bye and hope... -Martin.

We will meet each

other again, right?

Bye bye.

-On the web.

He see there all friends

in the same fields.

That's helps

get better votes

and at the end you

become a winner.

Besides a guitar teaching

Martin has to make money

by playing in

Slovenian movies

TV promotions

promoting

his personal wine

doing TV commercials

"When I drink Monster

it makes me feel

totally agrow."

Judging beauty contest

promoting American food chains

"Martin Strel. Give him

an applause here."

and speaking

at conventions.

You said you sell product?

-We sell water.

A what?

-Water. -Water.

Based vacuum cleaners.

Everything about

vacuum cleaners, guys.

Uh, let's go.

Let's go. Let's go.

Mick.

I'm ready.

You know the project

is ready by itself.

We have boats ready.

We have equipment ready.

Of course, we are

advertise Martin's projects

every time he goes.

To make his big projects

we advertise his pictures

his web side

and in a couple of days

in a few days

you will see Ljubljana

actually the whole Slovenia

covered with the billboards

huge jumbo banners

we call them here

and it's gonna to

be Martin's pictures.

I made a design

an art work

with the Amazon

background.

It's like this.

Hey, his picture

look like he's

vibing to the

whole country.

He's kind of putting

vibes on everybody

taking the control

to the whole country

and I'm very proud

I designed that.

Martin is very excited

about this banners.

because he gets

very famous.

NEW YEARS EVE:

GOING AWAY PARTY

Martin Strel.

Welcome to Slovenia.

Martin didn't seems

scare at all to leave

but my mom said

he was have nightmares

every night

and wake in

up screaming.

He said he felt like

the whole world

was waiting for him

to jump in the

river and die.

SOUTHWESTERN:

PERUVIAN AMAZON:

Martin Strel is

attempting to defeat

what is no other

human been done yet.

... but he swears

by the Slovenian

red wine dealing by.

He's already swam

the Danube,

Mississippi

and the Yangtze.

We have an alligators

can be fatalness

then very deadly snakes

including anacondas.

We have the Candirue

which is much fear fish

very small fish

but it's end up in your rigram.

ATALAYA, PERU

We are in

Atalaya, Peru.

This is just

below Machu Picchu

and I'm started

swimming tomorrow

at 8 o'clock in

the Amazon river.

People think that because

we have big

media for swims

that also we

have big publicists

but I'm main

Martin's publicist

and also perform

Martin's voice

for all worldwide interviews

because I understand

what's media likes

and appreciates.

FEBRUARY 1st,2007

Yes, we have

a protection

we have a machetes,

we have guns,

we have knives.

We have all kind,

you know, weapons

on the boat. Well,

for example

is somebody badgering you

and if you need

to kill an animal

you use a gun.

... and I never urinate.

I never urinate

straight into the water.

I always urinate

into my wet suit.

Blood.

Blood, hm?

If piranha for example

start attacking

or something like that

we will through

a bucket of blood

over there on the other

side and you know,

the piranhas

will just redirect there.

You must clean

have to go.

Mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes.

FEBRUARY 1st, 2007

AMAZON SWIM, DAY 1

The chances

of Martin die

on the first day of the swim

were pretty high.

It had been raining

for a weeks

and the river was

in the flood stages

and since then

had been no one

that have ever

gone in the Amazon

in tvoz like this.

No one knew

what to expect.

Martin! Martin!

Martin! Martin!

After 1100 days

of preparations and training

the Martin finally begin

the first swimming

expedition in history

down the river Amazonas.

And even though

we were scared,

exhausted and totally alone

the day ended perfectly.

Seventy days

that would follow

would be the

strangest of my life

and also the worst.

DAY 2

MATT MOHLKE:

NAVIGATOR:

Martin is pissed

we forget the machetes.

This is Mathew Mohlke

Martin's head

river navigator.

It is Matt job to make

sure Martin doesn't die

or get lost in one

of the thousand

of channels on Amazon.

He has been with Martin

on expeditions for years.

He lived in Fountain

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