Big River Man Page #5

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he might be

a little drunk

but OK, he can...

sometimes yell on

us a little but

he's the last super

hero in the world.

Look, what's

he doing here.

He's connecting all

of the greatest

rivers on the world

by swimming them

giving hope to people

all over the world.

Everyone in the

world is on there

edgeter fiv right now

hoping, praying some

of them probably

morbidlier kind of just

waiting for him to get killed

in actuality because,

yeah, this is dangerous.

He's 52 years old.

He swimming in the

most dangerous

place in the world.

He's the last

American super hero.

He's the last super

hero on the world.

He's the world's

last super hero.

Here's the world's

last super hero.

That's it.

This is the last five

minutes to midnight

and we got one

super hero left

to save us all

bring us all down

into the eternity.

SAN ANTONIO DE:

ICA, BRAZIL

out to see Martin

in the small town of

San Antonio de Ica.

There was a near map scene

as people try to get

near to the "homem peixe"

in English, the fish man.

The crowd got so big

that it held like the

Martin was going to be

the most famous

man in the world

if he made it somehow.

The TV talk shows

were calling non-stop.

They all wanted

to speak with Martin

but no one

could rich him

not even me.

The media kept asking

why Martin doing this.

Martin only said

it was protect

the rain forest

but no one knew exactly

what the hell

he meant by that.

TWO WEEKS LATER:

MANAUS, BRAZIL

This is first city we

seen it in two months.

I don't

wanna go, man.

I just stay in the boat.

Matt was starting to get

very affected

after so many hours

and days besides Martin.

He was talking about God,

the rain forest,

the river

and Martin's as they

were all the same thing.

You see this river?

That river is between

heaven and hell, man.

This is river purgatory.

And Martin...

All of us.

We are all here.

We are all

stuck right here.

We are on

the river, man.

There's a heaven.

We can almost reach

it. You see that.

We can almost

reach it.

And there's a hell.

There's were we live, man.

We lived there in hell

but now we are

somewhere in the middle.

You can see that.

That's heaven.

That's so close it is.

It's right there.

It's right there, man.

I can grab it.

I can grab heaven.

I can grab it.

I can grab it.

But then I go there.

I go there.

I go to hell.

I go to hell.

It's five seconds to

midnight right there.

Manau was a the city

the size of New York

but in the heart of Amazon.

It felt like just

in United States.

They had a

Mc Donald's there

they had a Burger's King

they had a shopping malls

and lot of money.

Our boat even duck

at the high five star hotel

and the managers booked

us all three rooms.

But Martin and Matt

has gone at 5. AM

before we woke and swam

away without telling us.

Slovenian's endurance

swimmer

Martin Strel has gone missing

well attempting to

brake the world record

the longest

swim in history.

I still don't understand

why Martin did this.

He put not

only himself but

but entire expedition

at failure

because our Brazilian boat

was not equipped to navigate

the river at night

and could easily

have sun.

At the midnight they

were still lost.

Matt had left his GPS

and radio behind

so we have no idea

how to find them

and we were force to do

another dangerous

night time search

scanning the banks

with flood lights.

We finally found

Martin and Matt

on the stretch of

sandy bank

in a very white channel.

Martin was totally naked

and unresponsive.

Matt was also in a

strange state of mind.

It was as if they hade

seen or a heard

experience something

that had transform them.

At this point

Martin had exceeded his

previous world record

but this no longer seems

like a world record

expedition at all.

I was very scared

because he had over

and he was obviously

going insane.

PARINTINS, BRAZIL

DAY 47

At the 47. day

Matt stays up

for three days

and he was scribbling poems

about Martin and Jesus.

That shoe's jacked, man.

Mad had been ranting

and raving for days

and he was getting

on everyone nerves.

It was like Matt

was infected

by how Martin felt

and was that

enough comprehend

how crazy he was going.

...as like third

dog in the slay.

I was by

now use to this

seeing my father

goes crazy.

I had spent

half of my life

watching him

go to this point.

But only he knew

what is was about.

The areas east and

south of Amazonas

are the worst example of

forest station in the Amazon.

The state of Rondonia

is big like England

has been

and in the state of Para

and Mato Grosso

and the area of jungle

the size of small country

disappears each year.

Most of this is do

the cattle ranches.

Each year the

sky turns black

which smokes for months

as priest in forest

is burn to make

way for a new

car fits.

Countless species

of animals and plants

become extinguish

each burn season.

This is all simply

because of the world

demands to eat beef.

Even though the UN

relist a reports saying

that cattle production has

more humfer environment impact

then all the

cars in the planet.

The fast

food companies

are spending millions

to promote even more

cosumshen and

bigger burgers.

At the current rate

half of Amazon

will be cattle funds

by the year 2030

and by the end of

the century

not only the Amazon

but all the world's rainforest

will have to be

cut down to accommodate

the needs of planet

with 14 billion people.

ILHA DO PATACHO:

DAY 52

At the day 52.

Martin scowlen was

flame dought by Amazon

and the doctor said

the swim was over

but Martin said, no.

I will find another

way to swim.

DAY 55

Now I cross...

fourth dimension.

DAY 60

On April 1.

we found out

from the doctor

that Martin has

been haven

subcontineus larva

infection in his brain

for nearly two weeks.

She hid this fact from

us on Martin's request

that we not stop the swim.

But her official diagnoses

was that Martin's problems

were the mostly mental.

What's happening?

What do you think

what's happening?

I think he's

at the low, low,

lowest level, lowest

level with the energy.

Probably his head

wants to like explode.

So, it's a really

weird reaction

I didn't expect that.

Clocking batteries, wires...

You guys just

get let him swim?

What else we

suppose to do?

What can I do?

What we can do?

I mean, what can

I tell Martin Strel?

Martin, I think you have

f***ing mental problems.

Do you think... Think

you can please stop

yours world

record expeditions for

so maybe you can go to

see the f***ing shrink.

DAY 63

Martin had

become so insane

by this point in the swim

that we even

didn't look on him

like a person anymore.

It was like he had

taken on the stado

of an animal

or a monster.

He was like Frankenstein

or The elephant man

but in the Amazon.

DAY 64

By the 64. day

Martin didn't want

to spent energy

on anything that

wasn't swimming.

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