Nowhere to go but down on TV trek

From: The Boston Globe | Date: September 9, 2007| Author: Taryn Plumb | Copyright information

GLOBE NORTH 1

There were rugged hills and rocky paths, blustery downpours and days so hot that shoe soles melted on asphalt, leaving black, sticky footprints.

They crawled through wet muck to dig up quahogs, waded through hip- high cranberry bogs and endured sore knees, swollen feet and bug- filled nights in the wilderness.

Sounds like torture for most people - but Sam Amado says the experience saved his life.

For several weeks, the once-382-pound Everett native att...

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