Bang Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Well, I hope he makes it, but sheesh. Dumping blood in the water to distract predators seems kind of counterproductive. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070119/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_swimmer_amazon Buckets of blood readied for Amazon swim 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. ADVERTISEMENT 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. Strel starts on February 1 in Peru's jungle town of Atalaya and hopes to finish on Brazil's Atlantic coast on April 11. Towards the end of his journey "for world peace and environment," Strel will face another challenge -- a tidal bore, or wave, about 13 feet high, known as the Pororoca. "It is very dangerous. It is great for surfing but it's bad for swimmers," Strel told Reuters in a telephone interview from Slovenia, where the holder of various Guinness Book records for swimming the Danube in Europe, the Mississippi in the United States and the Yangtze in China, is preparing for his swim. This journey down the world's most voluminous river will be nearly 1,500 km (930 miles) longer than the Yangtze swim -- his current world record set in 2004. "Yangtze is a very dangerous river for swimmers, but the Amazon is also home to some of the most poisonous and dangerous and ferocious animals, fish and insects... I'm going to swim that river or die trying. But dying is not my intention." 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. Strel will keep the surrounding water as clean as possible during his journey. Urinating in the water can attract the feared candiru, or toothpick fish, that likes to swim into body orifices, erect a spine and start feeding on blood and tissue. A wetsuit and a special cream should protect him from these, as well as electric eels and snakes. There are still fresh-water stingrays, vicious piranhas and aggressive bull sharks, which travel far up the river from the Atlantic. "My escort boats will carry all the time buckets of fresh blood to pour in the water in case the piranhas or other fish attack me," Strel said with a thick Slovenian accent. Click the link for the rst. This guy is something else. I love that he's doing this for "world peace". Notice in the end he credits his amazing stamina to years of being an abused child. If he wasn't real I'd swear that came straight out of Borat's mouth. "In my country, we do good with the long deestance sports.. eh,.. because we always running from parents and teachers who beat us." :laugh: :laugh: ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baculus Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Interesting. Not really my choice of things to do with free time, but I guess he has a dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 It would be so awesome if he was attacked by piranhas. I saw this thing on TV where they attacked this one thing (biggest rodent in the world, I forget the name) and completely devoured it in like 5 minutes. Piranha are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 It would be so awesome if he was attacked by piranhas. I saw this thing on TV where they attacked this one thing (biggest rodent in the world, I forget the name) and completely devoured it in like 5 minutes. Piranha are awesome. Oh yeah. Awesome. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Oh yeah. Awesome. Wow. I'm hurt. The always makes me feel bad about myself. But na I don't wish anything bad on the man. I was just playing. Piranha are awesome though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted January 20, 2007 Author Share Posted January 20, 2007 I'm hurt. The always makes me feel bad about myself.But na I don't wish anything bad on the man. I was just playing. Piranha are awesome though. Nothing wrong with a little morbid curiosity.. honestly, what else is there to watch him for? the guy is knowingly going to do this, so I don't have a problem with him getting eaten on camera. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I'm hurt. The always makes me feel bad about myself.But na I don't wish anything bad on the man. I was just playing. Piranha are awesome though. Ok........You write how "awesome" it would be for pirahnas to eat him. You go ON TO SAY how awesome piranhas are...........and describe how they devoured a rodent.........and you say the makes you feel badly about yourself? Come on now. You really don't think I buy that, do you? Jokes are usually followed by :laugh:. If you don't wish anything bad on the man, why would you say how awesome it would be for pirahnas to eat him? This is a confused smiley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Nothing wrong with a little morbid curiosity.. honestly, what else is there to watch him for?the guy is knowingly going to do this, so I don't have a problem with him getting eaten on camera. ~Bang Be sure and report back to the other guy, Bang, just how awesome it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 According to websters, awesome is not necessarily a synonym for wonderful or pleasurable. It is to have reverence towards. One can say that the man's "death by piranha" is "awesome" without actually taking pleasure in his death. awe·some Pronunciation[aw-suhm] Pronunciation Key - –adjective 1. inspiring awe: an awesome sight. 2. showing or characterized by awe. awe Pronunciation[aw] –noun 1. an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures. 2. Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence. 3. Obsolete. fear or dread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 According to websters, awesome is not necessarily a synonym for wonderful or pleasurable. It is to have reverence towards. One can say that the man's "death by piranha" is "awesome" without actually taking pleasure in his death.awe·some Pronunciation[aw-suhm] Pronunciation Key - –adjective 1. inspiring awe: an awesome sight. 2. showing or characterized by awe. awe Pronunciation[aw] –noun 1. an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures. 2. Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence. 3. Obsolete. fear or dread. So........which of these definitions do YOU venture he meant? Would the man's death by pirahna be inspiring? Admired? What do YOU think Mick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I was only suggesting what he could have meant. I don't know the man well enough to know what he actually meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I can't believe we're arguing about a man getting eating by piranhas and what I meant when I said it would be awesome. No I wouldn't take pleasure in another human being dying. I take pleasure in nothing dying. Not a man, not a fish, not even a bug. It would be awesome however to see piranhas in action and nature taking it's course. I wouldn't feel any sympathy for the man. He knew the risks. He chose to ignore them. Nature will always be greater than man, especially an individual man, and it would be awesome to see this played out in reality. Edit: Besides, this a freaking message board. I can make all the ridiculous statements I want. It's not like what I said is that bad. It's funny you take my statements on the awesomeness of piranhas so serious. It's not like I'm saying we should nuke the entire middle east or shoot all illegal aliens or not allow women to vote. Sorry if you have something against piranhas and I hit a sore spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mass_SkinsFan Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Stupidity should be exceptionally painful. I would suggest that this guy is going to learn that lesson the HARD WAY. Obviously it's his decision to do this, but I just don't see that there's a whole lot of common sense in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Edit: Besides, this a freaking message board. I can make all the ridiculous statements I want. It's not like what I said is that bad. It's funny you take my statements on the awesomeness of piranhas so serious. It's not like I'm saying we should nuke the entire middle east or shoot all illegal aliens or not allow women to vote. Sorry if you have something against piranhas and I hit a sore spot. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :rotflmao: That's it. You found me out. I have something against piranhas. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: And you just make all the ridiculous statements you want. :rotflmao: This is way too funny. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :rotflmao:That's it. You found me out. I have something against piranhas. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: And you just make all the ridiculous statements you want. :rotflmao: This is way too funny. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I'm just going to say one more thing and that's that. Sorry if you were offended by me thinking this guy gettting eating by piranhas would be awesome. Lighten up. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I'm just going to say one more thing and that's that.Sorry if you were offended by me thinking this guy gettting eating by piranhas would be awesome. Lighten up. That is all. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Yeah.......a guy eaten by piranhas is really not on MY awesome list. I will look into adding it however. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :rotflmao:That's it. You found me out. I have something against piranhas. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: And you just make all the ridiculous statements you want. :rotflmao: This is way too funny. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: face it, blondie, we all know you're anti-Pyocentrus nattereri. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 face it, blondie, we all know you're anti-Pyocentrus nattereri. :laugh: Sshhhhhhh. You and I had a secret.......EVERYONE did not know. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insomniac Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :rotflmao:That's it. You found me out. I have something against piranhas. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: And you just make all the ridiculous statements you want. :rotflmao: This is way too funny. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: i love rolling smilies, they put me in a happy mood :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Wow, sarcasm doesn't translate well over the internet. Do you really think that I think that you have something against piranhas? Do you really think that? I :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: at your :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: because you think that was a serious statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I'm just going to say one more thing and that's that. OOPS. Here you are again. Wow, sarcasm doesn't translate well over the internet. :laugh: Ya think? Like you didnt get mine? :laugh: And for Insomniac: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Wow. Who woulda thunk that a thread about a man getting eaten by piranhas would have resulted in so many rolling smilies and group hugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insomniac Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 And for Insomniac: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: YAY BLONDIE :notworthy :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted January 20, 2007 Author Share Posted January 20, 2007 It's the same reason we watch the Crocodile Hunter with fascination. (I mean, granted he's DEAD, and I really wouldn't want to seee that,) but the guy would get out there in situations where he MIGHT get eaten. that is why you watched him.. who gives a rat's ass about the migratory practices of the wildebeasts it's eating,, look at the guy out there five feet from a feeding gaggle of crocodiles! He's insane! Don't turn the channel! If he fell int the Amazon and gets eaten by Piranha on some vidcam tape, or squeezed to death by some giant monster snake,, that would be one thing... but he's getting in there on purpose. Watching some guy swim is boring. watching some guy swim with sharks and electric eels and godzilla snakes and evil little razor headed fish is cool. especially if his main defense is dumping blood in the water :laugh: ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Wow, sarcasm doesn't translate well over the internet. :laugh: Ya think? <--sarcasm, and easily detectable, too. Like you didnt get mine? :laugh: :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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