A British explorer came face to face with a jaguar as he became the first person to travel the length of an uncharted South American river.
Ash Dykes, 33, journeyed 372 miles from the source of Suriname’s Coppename River to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean.
Over 37 days, he and three others kayaked sections of the river and travelled the dense jungle on foot. They saw no other humans for 34 days and suffered from sleep deprivation, infections and malnutrition.
Mr Dykes – who has also mounted expeditions in China, Mongolia and Madagascar – said: “To get to the finish line was very emotional for us all.
“Those last three days were some of the hardest. In three nights, we had under five hours of sleep. So we were extremely sleep-deprived and started to hallucinate.
“It was very hard, very difficult, very hot. We were suffering with heat exhaustion. We were dehydrated. I don’t think words will ever be able to express just how tough it was. To get over that finish line was just monumental, just unreal.”
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