Big River Man Page #4
what we can do to...
Well, I think,
you know, Martin
he's always
like you know,
very tired
but still have some...
still has some
extra power.
-Yeah.
You remember him
on the Mississippi.
He came out from the
water and couldn't walk.
We brought him in
the car, in the van
you know and
he didn't even eat.
You remember some...?
-That was 60. day.
Yeah, it was at the end.
-Yeah.
Toda is 9.day.
And he is,
I hate to say but is like
his fallen apart.
He's f***ing feather.
He shouldn't have
a shoulder problems
quite yet.
It's too early for that man.
He needs to be absorb
this destiruations
through curse in
this expedition
but in 9.days
he lost 11 or 12 pounds.
How much is he lost?
-Yeah, something like that.
Yeah, that's nine days.
I mean,
he's gonna fall
through own
bang hole by the
end of this trip.
PEBAS, PERU
If you ask Martin
what is the most
dangerous thing
on the Amazon was
he would says people.
Martin only believes and
trust completely
animals, rivers and Indians.
These are the only
living beings I think
that truly understands
Martin also.
In the town of Pebas
Martin swam up to an
ancient Indian tribe.
They were called
the Yagua tribe.
I'm afraid must sad
that they are
one of the last
original tribes on Amazon.
When I was kayaking
in escorting him in
down the Danube
he was telling me
the personal stories
that I could never
hear from him
standing on two legs.
One of this was
that his father was
so unsatisfied
with his life
that he would take out
all his rage on Martin.
When the father
had been drinking
Martin was so scared to
come home in the house
that he ended up
sleeping in the barn.
His mother would
set him out
the clothes and
food each night.
My grandmother said
Martin actually
spend the most
of his childhood
in that barn.
When in one occasion
Martin was been chased
and jump in an freezing
creek to escape
the father waiting for
him on the banks
so Martin
swam downstream.
The father walked
alongside him
for a long time
but Martin swam so far
that father gave up
and went home.
This was Martin's
first endurance swim.
I think he
repeat something
of this same feeling
on every expedition.
There are many myths in
creatures lives in Amazon.
One of the myths
is about wild man
who lives in the
underground world
beneath the river.
He's call the Pishtakos
and if you see him
his bringing
the apocalypse.
That's way Indians never
swim in the main channel.
They were afraid of us
because they thought
we are demons.
Face peelers.
They use this...
They skin it the face
take the fatness
from the humans
after they are killed
and things like
that can actually
they call it these
people, Pishtakos.
Pishtakos.
And he said in front of us
that the captain
and myself...
No, they got to be Pishtakos.
I'm sorry. Look for
another village
but we don't want you
stay here tonight.
Alfred of said they
could just decide
to kill us in the night.
So, we slept
with machetes
but mostly we
didn't sleep at all.
The Amazon is almost
as largest the 48 united states.
People don't realize
that the Amazon
the last frontier on earth.
It is still
There were rivers
that go for 1000 km
that are totally uninhabited.
But people who lived here
are some of the poorest
in the world.
This is the main problem
of Amazon destruction.
For example,
one single mahogany tree
in the Amazon
can be worth up to 20.000$
in Europe or America.
People will cut in entire
road into the forest
just to reach one tree.
This mahogany
tree is are made into
expensive boats
and furniture
but mostly
musical instruments
especially electric guitars.
As of 2006 20% of the
Amazon forest
has been cut down.
At the current
rate of cutting
half of the forest will be
gone in twenty years.
DAY 23
Monkeys around.
In the morning...
In the morning is very...
very exciting.
Talking.
So much crying.
Very famous must be
in the morning.
Early in the morning.
Now it's...
more peace.
More quiet.
Nobody crying,
nobody talking.
Peace... ha, peace.
That's not big town,
Los Angeles.
Many cars.
No cars here.
People need this
but people don't
know what is Amazon
what is jungle.
I can look around
to see some animals.
Must be careful,
ok, but...
I think is not
so dangerous.
It's dangerous
in the bank.
It's dangerous, yeah
but in the water, no.
Every year
it's good to stay
in the jungle
Be big difference
for all the people.
DAY 25,
PERU/BRAZIL BORDER
"Martin Strel,
example for the kids."
When Martin cross
the border to Brazil
there was a huge
party with dancing girls
and marching bands
all saying
how Martin was an
example to children
and all human race.
My father was
the first person
that anyone
had ever seen
that swam to
Brazil from Peru.
All of this people
wanted to hear
what this
man had to say
but instead of speaking
Martin swam away
from the reception
with only the Brazilian
chase boat driver
and left us at the port
not have even a clue
how to find him.
This was for expedition
into the dangerous
night time search.
When we finally picked
up the boat signal at 3.AM
and found him about
he had no explanation.
I had seen this irrational
behavior before
and he never had
an explanation.
The news that there was
a man swimming the Amazon
was spreading fast
through out the Brazil.
We were told that crowds
in the thousands
will be waiting for
Martin downstream.
We did not yet realize
how big this thing
was going to get.
SAN PABLO DE:
OLIVENCIA, BRAZIL
His blood pressure
has gone up tremendously
and that's quite worried.
I've been monitoring
this very closely
because diastolic heart failure
is very serious problem
and it could be
a stroke for example
which could kill him.
Martin confessed to me
that he had
been hallucinating
and hearing
a voices in his mind.
He hadn't told
anyone else
because he thought
they would put him
immediately in the hospital
and still he
kept swimming
and drinking.
Must be a little
different sometimes.
Matt!
I'm tired, Matt.
Ha?
Maybe you have
something to drink?
Yeah, I have some drinks.
You have maybe
some whisky? -Whisky?
Whisky.
The doctor said you should
be drink more fluid
because you
are dehydrated.
This is for doctor
not for me.
This guy
is not understood by
anybody.
Who's that guy in mediaeval
and mythological stuff that
they changed him a
rock or something
and the birds
pecked on his head until...
Is that Hercules
or some athletes lady?
Piece like...
He's like this except.
He's got to swim
all those rivers
What's he
doing here is
almost self sacrificial
for the world.
It's almost Christ
like in a way
if I can say that.
It's almost Christ like.
It's bigger then
I can comprehend.
and I'm just darting
the essence
after been in all
that expeditions
how great is thing is.
Yeah, he might
be a little fat
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