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Chargement... Up the Creek: An Amazon Adventurepar John Harrison
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'During recent years a sinister shadow has fallen across the world of travel and travel-writing. It's name is Sponsorship' writes Dervla Murphy in her foreword to John Harrison's unsponsored Amazon adventure, an extremely hazardous canoe trip taken just for the hell of it up one of the more obscure tributaries of the Amazon. Harrison's tale is compelling, full of suspense, humour and wonderful descriptions of Amazon wildlife, all told in down-to-earth unpretentious language with disarming honesty. His quest to reach the upper limit of the Jari river in Brazil and portage his canoe across the border into French Guiana is ambitious, exciting and, ultimately, flawed, but it's the trip itself, full of unexpected encounters, crippling bouts of malaria, moments of intense emotion mixed with just a tinge of madness, which is as inspiring as the tales of even the earliest adventurers.John Harrison uses vigorous, unpretentious language combined with stunning descriptions of Amazonian wildlife.Up the Creek was originally published by Bradt in 1986 and remains as relevant to the spirit of exploration and real, raw travel writing today as it was then. Reviews at that time hailed Harrison's adventure as epic. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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It was a really tough trip. They were travelling by canoe, which is fine when the rivers are wide and deep, but the further up the tributary they went, the harder the travelling was. His first companion gave up after a month or so, and he had to travel back to Monte Dourado to find another companion.
The second part of the trip went well, but it was really tough on them and their bodies. Travel was easy on the lower reaches, but the further up they went, the had to carry around the rapids, and overturned a few times, and had to struggle past fallen trees. They suffered several times from malaria, dysentery and the friction associated with two people being so close to each other 24 hours a day.
He describes the scenery and wildlife very well, and I feel it is a reasonably honest account of his journey. I think he may have left the odd thing out, but mostly is true. It is quite scary just how close they came to disaster and death, with the malaria, as well as the way the rainforest can affect the body so much.
They had an extended delay at a prospectors camp, but more by luck and good fortune they survived. (