Rafting The Amazon, Classic Adventure. By Francois Odendaal. Published by BBC Books, London. 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket, photograph endpaper/pastedown. xiii, 206 pages including Index. Illustrated with a few color photos and 2 page map. Book measures 9 ½” x 6 ½”.

 

The authors hiking/rafting/kayaking adventure traveling the length of the Amazon River from its source high in the Andes to the sea, during three separate expeditions covering a total of 3,500 miles. It took three separate expeditions to complete. The first attempt by raft and kayak from its first trickles high in the Peruvian Andes through whirlpools and cataracts ended with the breakup of the raft. The second was beset with difficulties of physical hardship and attacks by Marxist guerrillas. The final 3500 miles was undertaken in 1991, and was featured in the BBC series Classic Adventures.

 

CONDITION: Book is in fine new condition with a fine dust jacket. Intact. Pages are clean & bright. No loose or musty pages. Covers are clean & solid. Dust jacket is clean. Unclipped price. Not ex-library. From a smoke free home.

 

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