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3 months agoThe legend @ash_dykes has completed his mission 🙌 Source to sea in one of the most uncharted areas of the world 🗺️👏
Here's what he's said:
“WE DID IT!!!!!! 🤩😍🍾
We just created history, achieved a world first record, by becoming the first to kayak from source to sea of the Coppename River, here in Suriname, the Amazon!!!!
600km, 37 days, the greenest country on the planet with over 94% jungle coverage and certainly one of the most stunning countries I’ve had the honour to travel through.
It’s been unbelievably difficult, from pulling the 50kg kayaks upstream, hacking through the jungle covering sometimes 600m in a day! Stings, bites, infections, dehydration, sleep deprivation, starvation, heat exhaustion and no sign of people in over a month.
We truly became the wild, adapted, survived and thrived in one of the most difficult environments on the planet, to set out and achieve what many said was impossible.
I’m so proud of us as a team @wallace_untamed, @unlockwildlife, @jacobhudsn and it was an honour to battle through and experience this with you ❤️
A personal thanks to @ftwglobal whom I wouldn’t have been able to do this without 💙
To @unlocknature.tours for organising all the logistics 🙏🏼
To @viasat & @globalsat who allowed me to share the journey live time.
To Suriname and the people here who have made it so special.
And finally to all of YOU for your support, I appreciate you all so much 🫡
Mission accomplished ✔️”