Swimmer Martin Strel is an inspiration to all the middle aged pot bellied men out there, the 55 year old Slovenian who also happens to drink two bottles of wine a day has just been proclaimed the worlds greatest endurance swimmer ever, he swam an incredible 3274 miles in a non stop 66 days.
He swam the worlds most dangerous river the Amazon, Martin had to brave Piranha’s, crocodiles, and the terrifying Candiru fish, this is the particularly nasty parasite that swims into your body through your urethra, I’m sure all men reading this just cringed and shut their legs a little tighter.
He also had to contend with tropical storms, heat, and bandits with machete’s. Add unrelenting diarrhoea to that catalogue of horrors and you get an idea of the type of man Martin is, tackling each obstacle with sheer bloody-mindedness,and a healthy dose of alcohol.
Martin only started endurance swimming 1n 1992 since then he has swum the English Channel, and became the first man to swim across the Mediterranean, 7 men had previously died attempting it.
He has also conquered the Danube the Mississippi and the Yangtze amongst many others. A film is being released next month called Big River man about Martins exploits, its not the sort of true life stuff I usually watch, but this I think will be worth watching, he really is unbelievable.
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