Traveler, have you ever heard of Martin Strel?
If you've never known, it's time you know the phenomenal figure of this world.
This 62-year-old man is a marathon swimmer from Slovenia who has conquered dozens of rivers.
This time it was not the ordinary river he traced, but the most dangerous river in the world known to be inhabited by a ferocious piranha fish.
Reported by Viral4real Travel Tribune, Martin Strel is a professional guitar player who deliberately became a professional marathon swimmer.
This amazing swimmer has crossed the Danube river which is the second longest river in Europe.
He spent 58 days to wade through the 300-mile river without stopping.
Martin Strel
In addition, he also had a marathon swimming in the Mississippi River the second longest in the United States for 68 days.
Other rivers that have tested Strel's bravery include the Parana River in Brazil, the Yangtze River, and even the most famous Amazon river inhabited by savage aquatic animals.
The most interesting experience of course when he swam in the Amazon river.
He suffered several accidents including being attacked by piranha fish.
When asked what it was like, he replied: "It feels like burning, I can not see anything because the water is muddy and muddy, start a big piranha fish for two feet until a small one exists."
"They bite and release it quickly, we have a bucket of blood in the boat, the piranhas love the fresh blood and the bucket is provided to distract them," he added.
"They were gone, swimming with piranhas is a nice experience, they are very good fish, they play with them very exciting, unfortunately they prefer calm water."
Throughout 2007, the total number of rivers that have been stretched along the Strel stretch of five thousand miles including the Amazon river.
Strel has broken the world record five times.
First is the Danube, then Mississippi, then Yangtze, and Amazon.
On average, he swam non-stop for 84 hours.
To pass the rivers, Strel could not sleep more than 105 hours, you know.
To view the story of Martin Strel during adventures in various rivers of the world, see UPROXX uploaded videos on the following YouTube site
