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Swimmer Sets Off to Conquer the Amazon River
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SCOTT SIMON
NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
02-03-2007
Swimmer Sets Off to Conquer the Amazon River
Host: SCOTT SIMON
Time 12:00-13:00 PM
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SCOTT SIMON, host:
A grizzled bear - get it? - bear of a man donned a wet suit, slipped into the turbulent Peruvian headwaters of the Amazon this week. Martin Strel of Slovenia is attempting a feat no other human being has dared, to swim the length of the world's mightiest river. From Rio de Janeiro, NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.
JULIE MCCARTHY: Marathon swimmer Martin Strel is no stranger to feats that would exhaust lesser mortals just thinking ...
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