Form 3 ~ Task B, Close-up page 86

Some people call Ed Stafford an amazing ....., but others think he's crazy! How can this be?

Well, Ed Stafford has recently completed an incredible ..... He has become the first man to walk the length of the Amazon river.

He reached his ......., a beach on the Atlantic coast,

after walking for 860 days in dangerous and extreme ....

His journey required both mental and physical ..... as he had to deal with heat, hunger, thirst and some very unfriendly people who wanted to kill him!

The walk tested Stafford to his ..... every step of the way.

Ed Stafford success was partly due to his travelling ....., Cho Sanchez Rivera, who he relied on to help him when things got very bad.

It seems that the final part of the ..... was the most difficult and Ed collapsed at the side of the road. Luckily, however, Cho was there to help him.