The team has arrived just in time for a very special occasion. Mickey will be spending his birthday on this incredible crossing, celebrating 65- years- young on April 4th. With 100 miles to go, thousands of his followers from around the globe have watched Mickey overcome obstacle after obstacle on this epic journey and anxiously await his return. A journey he started with a passion to help raise awareness and funding for cancer research that has turned into so much more with new discoveries never imagined.
Mickey began his extreme expedition on the Pacific shores of Pedernales, Ecuador in May of last year. Overcoming extreme terrain, from desolate desert to the harsh conditions on the Eastern Andes and through the unknown and dangerous Amazon rain forest, this has been no "walk in the park" for Grosman. In August, 2012 Mickey and his crew were kidnapped by an indigenous tribe, the crew faced hurtles again when they were detained in Peru and again in Brazil, but the biggest obstacle of all was when the expedition leader became infected with the deadly hemorrhagic string of dengue fever in November. Rushed to the hospital multiple times it was not always certain Mickey would complete his Impossible, Possible journey.
Along with the many challenges and obstacles Mickey faced, he also surpassed many milestones on his mission. He honored cancer warriors whose names were sent in from his fans around the globe with a dedication scroll he buried deep in the Amazon forest in a location where no human before him dared to cross. He also gave many inspirational talks along his journey to children fighting cancer in South America. Above all Mickey has made some ground breaking discoveries on his journey. Documenting wildlife in locations people have never traveled before and even meeting a lost tribe of Hebrew speaking indigenous in the heart of the Amazon jungle.
Mickey is scheduled to return to his home in Orlando, FL in mid to late April 2013.
