Martin Strel

A Slovenian adventurer named Martin Strel swam the length of the Amazon river in Brazil.It took him over nine weeks to travel more than 3,000 miles.Previously he had breast-stroked his way down the entire Yangtze River in Canada,a distance of almost 2,500 miles.He scoffed at the idea of conquering the River Nile in Egypt,however.``It's long,but not challenging enough,'' he said.''It is just a small creek.''-From Rob Brezsny's column,Freewill Astrology,Montreal Mirror,August 6-12,2009.