tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91286034159821172522024-03-14T06:02:05.280-04:00AMAZON 5000 Expedition BlogEco-Planet Adventure is the home for 'AMAZON 5000 - for the Cure', a nonprofit organization, with same visionary man behind whose goal is always to make 'The Impossible - Possible'!!!
MICKEY GROSMAN
a recent cancer survivor!AMAZON 5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/08493655380795397578noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-51025148357819074692013-04-04T08:46:00.000-04:002013-04-04T08:46:59.958-04:00Press Announcement: Last 100 Miles<table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #323232;"><em>Attention reporters: Mickey Grosman will be available for interviews upon his return at Miami International Airport. Date to be determined. High-resolution images from the expedition are also available.</em></span></div>
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ORLANDO, Florida- Amazon 5000, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001PNHnrKGFGVUP2nU7S1QNi81MP709_yzWRBgjC5MNmpxsE7oy1rN1o-0IuXSuXG_o9Ut6SycLcWai1DNatpBUmLSVNa65g_u37HdUsNeWosBsN0zQoeASPexwIo0ycnfw" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/amazon5000</a>, announced today <span style="font-size: 10pt;">that 65-year-old, cancer survivor, Mickey Grosman will complete his 5000 mile trek across the widest part of South America in the next </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">week or two</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. For the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">final stretch</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> of the Amazon 5000 Expedition, Mickey will be joined by </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">two</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Americans: team physician, Kyle VerSteeg and expedition member Alexander Hernandez, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">both of which have trekked with Mickey short legs of the expedition, months ago.</span></div>
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<br /><img align="left" border="0" height="208" hspace="5" name="13dd4af87becbb18_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.177" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs187/1102573040240/img/177.jpg" vspace="5" width="278" />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.<br />
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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.<br />
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<img align="right" border="0" height="178" hspace="5" name="13dd4af87becbb18_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.178" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs187/1102573040240/img/178.jpg" vspace="5" width="238" />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.<br />
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Mickey is scheduled to return to his home in Orlando, FL in mid to late April 2013.<br />
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Journalists and fans can track Mickey on <em>The Impossible, Possible Journey</em> by following us on facebook:<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001PNHnrKGFGVUP2nU7S1QNi81MP709_yzWRBgjC5MNmpxsE7oy1rN1o-0IuXSuXG_o9Ut6SycLcWai1DNatpBUmLSVNa65g_u37HdUsNeWosBsN0zQoeASPexwIo0ycnfw" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.<wbr></wbr>com/Amazon5000</a>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382491412004246584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-76389543166160590912013-03-20T10:17:00.001-04:002013-03-20T10:17:26.999-04:00Word From the AmazonHello Everyone -<br />
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I know there is a lot of curiosity as to where the Amazon 5000 expedition is - and how things are going. First off - the expedition crew is doing well and making progress towards their destination. We have had to stop sending updates as to their location because of the many pirates that have been targeting their location. Each time we have sent messages that can help pinpoint their location - they have been found and robbed. They have lost most of their equipment - and also most of the one thing they need most right now - batteries.<br />
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Luckily they have run into some friendly tourists that have helped them out with various supplies including batteries. The team has had to stick with travel mostly through the jungle and avoiding roads simply to ensure their own safety and not become a target. It is not easy getting news out of the jungle as communication is limited and the group is traveling through "unconventional" routes to avoid being raided. We'll try to let everyone know how it is going.Ron Eaglin, Adventurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08115631046197741573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-44524618895397855732013-01-05T18:08:00.000-05:002013-01-30T18:11:15.130-05:00Today I made 4000 Impossible miles into Possible! <br />
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Today I made 4000 Impossible miles into Possible! Throughout eight months of harsh environment and brutal terrain across the treacherous Andes Mountains and along the mighty Amazon River, I pushed myself to new limits every day. When my body crushed under the tropical disease, Dengue fever, I didn't stop and now have pushed myself OVER the limit... One more final push to go and I must take a pause.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">I must pause to heal my body, gain energy, and bring myself to stand strong back on my feet to enable the accomplishment of my goals. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">At no moment along these tough months did I second guess my decision to go on this path. With every Amazonian mile I crossed and with each obstacle in my way, I became stronger. Each mile that I have passed charged my soul and boosted my energy. But my body, although young of 64 years, could not sustain a little mosquito of the tropics...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Unable to intake food due to the Dengue fever I lost 40 pounds in a short time. Weakness from the disease slows me down and threatens to impair my judgement. The final expedition stretch along the Amazon region in Brazil is infested with drug trafficking and automatic weaponry pointed at us at each curve of the mighty River. This holds a great danger to me and my team; not from nature, nor the elements, ONLY mankind! Such hostile environment requires my full vigilance! My responsibility as the expedition leader is greater than ever. Therefore, I must pause and seek proper medical evaluation and treatment before heading back on the trail. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">...and I will continue!!!</span></span></span></div>
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AMAZON 5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/08493655380795397578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-57935828923221519762012-12-30T15:59:00.000-05:002013-01-02T15:53:02.536-05:00TERROR IN THE AMAZON!<br />
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We found the above posting in our facebook message box. It came
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Back in Orlando at the Amazon 5000 command center we tensed reading the message. We know that the expedition body has been split into
two teams with Mickey inland seeking medical care to his illness while
the other team is on a makeshift balsa raft floating on the mighty Amazon River
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<b>“THE ASSAULT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AMAZON RIVER</b> as we
crossed to a small jungle village location" they wrote. "We were afraid for our lives as
they have threatened us seriously. The pirates had us drowning in the river. They
beat our heads up with the butts of their powerful automatic sub-machine guns and
threw us all into the river. They then searched
all our backpacks for “DRUGS".
After 20 minutes of torture and threats when they didn't find any drugs
they left us all together in the middle of the AMAZON RIVER. They stole most of
our expedition gear and the money we carried. It took us great EFFORTS IN ORDER
TO reach the village. We are nervous and
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While none of the Amazon 5000 team members has been
physically injured they have had yet another emotional trauma experiencing yet
another <b>TERROR ON THE AMAZON</b>, while on locations the expedition crosses along their cancer awareness journey.<br />
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Back at home in Florida, we are in direct contact with the
expedition team whom are keeping a low profile in a small village while recuperating from their trauma. Meanwhile Mickey is seriously ill and must be treated by
professional medical care so to regain his strength in order to be able to continue
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Again, The Amazon 5000 expedition is stationary in one
location – and that is NOT GOOD. The Brazilian people along the region of the
Amazon are neurotic with an easy finger on the gun trigger. It is a POLICE STATE
Region where every citizen is an informer for the benefit of cash or other
goods. AND THEY ARE HATEFUL TO FOREIGNERS – Especially to GRINGOS! <br />
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Since crossing into Brazil the Amazon 5000 team has experienced
raid after raid by the Military Federal Police forces. With each community they
pass by along the river someone is reporting our team to the police and yet another
armed unit appears from nowhere with automatic machine guns pointed at the
Amazon 5000 team members’ heads and seeking for drugs and drugs and drugs. This
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Armed pirates roaming free along the Amazon River on one hand, Armed Federal
Military Police on the other, and hostile local Brazilian indigenous communities
in the middle… And the unarmed Amazon 5000 team is now in a constant danger and
at a constant big risk to their life: Not by the Elements! Not by Nature! Nor the
Wildlife! ONLY by Mankind!!!</div>
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The AMAZON 5000 expedition, to remind you all, is all about
<b>SURVIVAL of the ELEMENTS</b> through rugged terrain, harsh climate and pristine
wilderness, all are part of the marvels of the Mighty AMAZON we all grew to
love so much in the past 8 months and 4000 miles throughout the virtual window
MICKEY GROSMAN has provided us with in a constant LIVE electronic
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We must end here with our big concern to Mickey’s health and to the safety of his team, as
without him able to stand back on his feet and lead his expedition safely, the
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Mickey himself has now come to big concerns for the nearest future of the expedition. His concerns are mainly with the safety of his people – the Amazon 5000 support team - and the fact he is still going through the turmoil of his illness, a fact that prevents him from being fully focused and alert as needed in such a hostile environment. </div>
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*** We wish to shed a strong spotlight here on Mickey’s loyal and courageous crew that despite all the TERROR IN THE AMAZON they are standing
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>“Nosotros
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<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">“que hoy
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>We regret the difficult situation
Mickey is at. I particularly have been with him in recent months "in the
deep jungle of the Amazon" And I saw his courage and determination in
favor of his cause, fighting cancer. I've seen Mickey a great person and great
human being with a strong and explosive character and he is for me like a
father with the learning to be a living on ... Never forgets his strength in
the most difficult time!</i></span><br />
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<span _mce_style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">BUT MAINLY THIS IS AN UPDATE OF MICKEY'S PROGRESS ALONG HIS AMAZON 5000 EXPEDITION TRAIL for all of you friends, family and fans who are asking: </span></div>
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<span _mce_style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>WHERE IS MICKEY NOW?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is early November when Mickey Grosman and his Amazon 5000 team
settle the expedition on the Amazon river bank in the desolate jungle town
of Tabatinga Brazil. They are awaiting the next expedition team member; Joe Flowers
from N. Carolina, to join them in 5 days. Mickey takes these days to let his
team rest and recoup their energy from the tireless trek that started on
the pacific shore of Ecuador, six months ago. It is during this rest period
that Mickey finalizes logistics for the next leg of his journey meeting
with the local indigenous in preparation for Leg 8 and where Mickey is
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in the year prior to the beginning of the expedition pointed out this location might be of the
worst and the most dangerous one among all. Settled between a major river intersection shared
by three countries; Peru Colombia and Brazil this area is well known for its high crime and is suggested
to be a major artery for drug trafficking. We bite our nails waiting for
the new expedition member to arrive from Miami to Tabatinga and for Mickey
to leave this location immediately and continue the expedition. "</span><i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Keep going</span></i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mickey</span></i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">" we whisper...
"</span><i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">keep going man</span></i><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This "minor" delay proves to be very costly to the expedition
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As Joe Flowers landed on the short runway of Tabatinga he is greeted not by the scene he expected.
Mickey it seems has just fallen ill, developing debilitating headaches
and fever. Every muscle and joint ached with inexplicable pain and as the
days went on, the team witnesses Mickey's health deteriorating as he was
diagnosed with</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001J8CgBFF2IBlEMdNxew4XYwbpxnYwkzIu7C3ocdpvtFT_omImi5YTX_weaQNx9sV_4uuQeeW82lgcuyBM1E-uoPvvYbCH8N7Fnd9cfRUXQPj1B6O0bH8-LgwFlFiNTPNf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dengue
Fever</span></a>. Little did the team know the relentless swarm of
mosquitoes that annoyed them in the jungle brought with them a deadly
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mickey seeking medical care faints at the clinic door. He is admitted
into a small make shift hospital and treated for this life threatening illness. Mickey's
"recovery" delays the expedition even more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As weak as his body is, Mickey's strength of mind is still evident.
Mickey is anxious to get back on his feet and continue the expedition, especially now that Joe has just
arrived.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7d972b; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">DROP to your knees "hands up"
when told so, especially while in the Amazon! (It will not hurt if you bury your face
into the sand too...)</span></b><span style="color: #ee5624; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It has been over a week now that the expedition stays in one location while Mickey who is bedridden </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">in a local motel room attempts to recover his illness, and the expedition is not moving
forward --- that's not good (see Rule #1). Camping out on the River bank
for so long his team captures the attention of the locals. The Amazon 5000 team is
made out of all good people: Ecuadorians, Peruvians, and the main
characters - "gringos" Americans. The locals are
curious...not knowing why these foreigners settled down in their
neighborhood. Rumors began to spread over this little town that sits on the
main artery of the Amazon river and is infested with crime.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That's not good and Mickey knows it, He must break camp and leave this
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battling the Dengue disease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Regaining some strength after a week, Mickey returns to the expedition
campground where his team finally breaks camp preparing to move forward. All geared and packed,
ready to leave the town, they are suddenly swarmed by 20 armed police force. Yet again the
Amazon 5000 Expedition team find themselves in a dangerous situation, looking down
the barrels of the guns, this time of the Tabatinga's federal police unit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The police shout aggressively in Portuguese tongue with the only clear
word understood by all being "drugs, drugs"... and order the team to the ground. All but
Mickey submit to the police orders and drop down to their knees, hands-up... some bury their faces in
the sand. Mickey remains standing with arms down and hands open in a
neutral stance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Being a proud Special Forces veteran, where he looked so many times at death to its face and now proudly wearing the American flag on
his expedition shirt, Mickey is ticked off, refuses to be humiliated or let anyone degrade his country, the U.S.A. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over the police loud yelling and aggressive body language he tries to
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Brazil for any wrong doing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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None of the police members understands neither English, nor Spanish or want
to hear him at all.<br />
Realizing he is the expedition leader they reach to Mickey quickly and
handcuff him. They search through the belongings of every team member while
those are watching mournfully, for their expedition survival gear; knives,
machetes and also a bear mace canister (that serves them as a self defense
tool) is being confiscated. Knowing they have done nothing wrong, the team
is astonished when the police drag Mickey away to the local police station,
leaving them leaderless and with no direction. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">About an hour later, without Mickey present, the police return to camp, but this time they go on search to the surrounding neighborhood area. From someplace there, they now confiscate </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">a single shot - hunting rifle commonly carries by locals in the region.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And... they detain Mickey in the local jail with no communication to the
outside world.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Once again an obstacle stands in Mickey's way, threatening to put a stop to his journey of HOPE! </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Will this break him? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Back at home, we are informed of the crisis by Joe Flowers. Communicating
with different people throughout the week, the stories vary and
local speculations from the street level make their way to us.
The reason for the police raid on the Amazon 5000 campground and for
Mickey's detention stays shrouded in darkness. No official explanation is
provided and Mickey's health keeps him unable to defend himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Everyday Joe visits Mickey, together with Coy Webb, a local young American missionary who lives in that town. Coy and his young wife Priscila,
who have just met the expedition team a few days earlier takes the situation
to heart and volunteer to help Mickey using their knowledge of the
town.Together with Joe, Coy brings food to Mickey once a day to
nourish his body and check on his treatment. It is clear to see over the
next few days: Mickey's health is once again deteriorating, and this time
very fast.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">
He is coughing up blood and looks almost skeletal. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The dengue fever knocks Mickey down once again.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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The two young guys demand medical attention from the federal police. The
police comply as even they can see Mickey is now facing a life or death situation. Within 24
hours Mickey's health is once again taking a very bad turn. Suffering from
the more extreme level of Dengue</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001J8CgBFF2IBlEMdNxew4XYwbpxnYwkzIu7C3ocdpvtFT_omImi5YTX_weaQNx9sV_4uuQeeW82lgcuyBM1E-uoPvvYbCH8N7Fnd9cfRUXQPj1B6O0bH8-LgwFlFiNTPNf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Fever --
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as "breakbone" fever Mickey is now being rushed to a military
hospital where he is being treated with intravenous rehydration methods. He
is bleeding internally throwing up constantly and suffering a pain as if
his bones are broken. This disease can hit in 3-4 cycles, each phase
hitting harder than the one before and Mickey is experiencing his second
cycle already and is in desperate need of medical attention -- in risk of
slipping into dengue shock syndrome where dangerously low blood pressure
occurs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hand with the home team.<br />
Seeing Mickey's health decline brings the reality of how dire the situation
is quickly becoming.<br />
With no explanation from the police, no communication with Mickey and
Mickey looking very ill it was urgent to do something to get Mickey out of detention and provide
him with proper medical care.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Back home, the Amazon 5000 team attempts to reach out to the U.S. Consulate
office in Manaus. After contacting the State Department, an initial
connection is made with the U.S. Embassy in Brazillia, Brazil - 2000 miles
away from Tabatinga. With a long holiday weekend in the States and a
week-long holiday in Brazil, it takes several calls until the right contact
is made and action is able to begin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Consulting with Dr. Kyle Ver-Steeg, back in Iowa, we are learning Mickey's
health symptoms needed urgent attention from the onset and the situation is gloomy.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The U.S. Consul in Brazil, after following local official procedures is
able to make the first phone call to Mickey. He reports to us of his impression of Mickey's health and is aware of the need to provide Mickey
with immediate care and full attention. A few days later, he is able to
send a consular agent to visit Mickey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kyle Ver Steeg</span></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, who has just left the Amazon 5000 expedition two months
ago is in constant communication with the home team. Experiencing the
expedition with Mickey he knows Mickey is on a starvation diet as result of
living off the land and taking into consideration his previous cancer
battle, Kyle is horrified to hear of Mickey's condition. He is concerned
for Mickey's life and prepares to take flight to Brazil and see to Mickey's
medical attention himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kyle's able to expedite a Brazilian Visa but not
being an official US representative, Kyle will not be allowed into the military hospital where Mickey
is kept at in Tabatinga. Kyle is determined to help and bring Mickey home
and even the Amazon 5000 home team is now concerned this disease may
take Mickey's life. It is now our only hope to stop the expedition
and bring him safely home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with an international drama. He works tirelessly to network and speak with the
locals in Brazil to get medical help and relief for Mickey. This is not what he has expected
when he landed on the Amazon grounds. Instead of trekking the dense jungle of the Amazon, exploring
its marvelous and wildlife and testing his survival limits, instead he is now
battling a different kind of survival-ability. Involved in an International
crisis, he dips his legs in waters he has never been before. But it is a
health crisis and Joe is standing up for the task. Getting some strong
encouragement from Kyle Ver Steeg back at home, Joe is keeping
his head up and providing support for Mickey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dedication waits for Mickey by the river, guarding the gear and keeping
their spirits high for Mickey's return.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A very significant “Backbone” support and a “Life-Line” to Mickey’s
family and to the Amazon 5000 team back home and abroad is ‘<b><a href="http://www.satellitephonestore.com/" target="_blank">The Satellite Phone Store</a>’</b> of Sarasota, Florida! Sponsoring Mickey and the
expedition from the get go, providing a wide line of Satellite devices and a
budget for Airtime usage this sponsorship proved to be Priceless! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The good people at the SPS of Sarasota are playing a big role in
keeping the safety of the A5K expedition team, especially through crises
and as this one unfolded! With Mickey unable to stand on his feet Joe Flowers
is now in possession of all the electronics, and he is using them to its full
potential. Without any other mean of communication at this isolated town
Joe is reporting to us back home using the Satellite phone two to three times
a day, keeping us informed of Mickey’s health and working with us on
logistics to release Mickey and provide him with an immediate care and relief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Providing the Amazon 5000 expedition with state of the art equipment in
communication devices we cannot thank enough the good people of <b>Satellite Phone Store</b> for their belief in Mickey and of his inspirational journey as well as their kind sponsorship and the behind the scenes support have they provided all along. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";">As of three weeks ago, with a Brazilian local judge allows for the Amazon
5000 expedition to continue all the way, Mickey was released from Jail,
something we are most definitely thankful for during this time of
Holidays. Though it was not an ideal situation, Mickey says it was an
"out of this world" and unbelievable experience he would not take
back and will share with us down the road. While losing 40 pounds due
to his health crisis, he gained a lot of support and compassion from the
local people including the hospital staff, the jail guards and local
villagers who are now following the Amazon 5000 Expedition virtually over
our social network pages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";">Two weeks ago Mickey has resumed the expedition, heading now along the Amazon river towards
Manaus. He is not fully recovered yet and still suffers pain all over his body - a fact that slows him down and lower his physical energy. T</span><span style="color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif;">here are still chances the Dengue Fever
will hit him again in a third episode. We are worried about Mickey but he
is determined as always to continue. Join us in encouraging his strength of
will and endurance to go on!</span></div>
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AMAZON 5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/08493655380795397578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-58234219685598394602012-11-18T04:32:00.000-05:002012-11-18T05:05:31.262-05:00Did I find the "LOST TRIBE" of Israel living peacefully in the AMAZON? <br />
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October 16 - Trekking in the dense jungle for hours all
tired and hungry I suddenly hear voices…singing voices… and music played. I
cannot believe my ears…but my expedition people confirming…yes, yes, music,
drums….but not JUST music… I personally know the melody….is it possible? I am
in the Amazon! Is it my imagination? So many months of intense trekking in the
Amazon jungle accompanied by indigenous Amazonians, hardly speaking English
with any human, not to mention speaking my own native language, Hebrew… but now
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We all are tired, hungry and filthy dirty from days over
days of trekking the jungle and its swamps, living of the land, surviving the
elements, hardly seeing any humans… but suddenly we all felt elated, energized.
It’s the music that pulls us in, like a magnet… In a fast pace we walk the
direction where the music and the singing are coming from. Within a short hour of navigation the music
sounded closer to us. I knew I am now walking
towards the Amazon River. This is not
the expedition direction, as I navigate my jungle expedition always East,
parallel to the river…. but I now have changed direction…I am chasing the music;
Squinting my eyes I am humming the melody… bringing it up from layers of years
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Stepping out of the dense jungle behind me I spotted several
thatched roof huts. Children were
playing at the yard in front of the huts where in a split of a second they saw
us embarking the thick trees. Fear on their faces they begun running towards
the huts and pointed their hands to our direction. The adults turn their heads
in big surprise. What thoughts have crossed their minds that moment…? We were six
men and one woman all covered with mud, wearing dirty jungle clothing, carrying
military style backpacks… I ordered my team
to wave their hands in peace, and with the biggest smile I could put on face I
continued walking towards the people that were standing in the center of the
village. They were on alert not sure
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For a moment I couldn’t understand what my eyes were seeing…
Men wearing long toga gowns, old Roman style, dressed up like in the bible
time, long beards covers their faces, wearing long hair…like Jesus…? Some are
barefoot some wearing bible style sandals…. I felt as if I am walking through a
time machine…walking into the past. Still confused with the sight of people
that looked nothing like the traditional indigenes Indians I stopped, letting
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A young man of about 30 years old was the
first one to take a move and started walking towards me. The rest of the people
stood behind keeping a safety distance between us. With the help of the
Argentinean girl Lucy – my expedition team member who speaks fluent Spanish I
started communicating with the young man. After explaining him that we are
crossing the Amazon on a 5000 miles journey I introduced myself and my
Ecuadorian and Peruvian team members that were standing few yards behind me. He
was still alert and suspicious. But I could not hold my curiosity. The music
was still playing at a nearby distance. I asked the young man what this
community is. I Z R A E L he said…! I stopped talking. I could not believe my
ears… Israel? I repeated what he just said… Israel? That explains the music – Old bible
Israeli music – my heritage… but in the jungle? In the Amazon? I am probably
hallucinating… too tired, too hungry…Israel people don’t live here…they are far,
at the Middle East… I asked one of my team members to come closer to
me and pinch me. Is it a mystical jungle
mirage? Or… that I just found the famous
“Lost Tribe” of Israel? Excitement filled my heart. The young man explained me
they are a community of “Bnei-Israel” (Israel children) and that Israel is
right there, in the Amazon. I didn’t argue with him… I just mentioned that I am
an Israeli born – I am from the holy land – from Israel. Now he stopped talking and his facial demeanor
changed drastically. He rushed back to
his people and begun confiding with them. For a second I had a change of heart.
Maybe I shouldn’t have told him that I am from Israel… I am now not sure if it
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Three minutes has passed by and three of the village leaders
approached me and to my astonishment bent down bowing my direction. One by one
they held my hand and bowed… in a speed of a light the word spread out around
the village: The Messiah is here… the Messiah
is in the Jungle! People lined up bowed and shook my hand. My expedition team
members were stunt. I had a big smile smeared on my face. Not every day that I
am considered to be the Messiah. And I felt happy, actually happy to find these
people. They touched my heart. They escorted
me and my team with much respect into their village. It has been a holiday that
week. A religious holiday of the bible
time. I couldn’t have showed up at a better time…. The community’s religion
leader told his followers only several days before I arrived that he had a
dream. In his dream a very important person will come over to their community
from nowhere. He anxiously waited for his dream to come true
– he was convinced and tried to convince his followers for few days that
someone important will come to spend the holiday with them. Seeing me embarking
out of the dense woods into their village, a location no one, no stranger is
ever coming from (Only meshige Israeli can) him and his people were left
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Immediately they asked me to stay there with them. They
assigned a person, who took me to the river, undressed my filthy jungle clothing
off my tired body, and after a good deep and a good wash in the river he
handled me a traditional Toga gown to wear, flip flaps on my feet, and not to
forget… “gatkes” (underwear). Wearing underwear again was a privilege as I lost
mine along the journey long ago…What can I say? It has been a while since
someone has been taking care of me. I received a VIP treatment – A real Messiah
treatment! Who am I to refuse it? They took my filthy clothing to the river and
washed it for me… My personal bag that has all my precious electronic gear in
and of which I carry on me at all time… now they carried it for me. I was not
allowed to pick up a thing. A real king…. It’s good to be the king!!! I cannot wait to share it with my wife… she
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From that point they took me to the center of the village.
The holiday ceremony was about to begin. A ceremony where they are offering
sacrifice to God - to Jehovah. With the entire village taking a part in the ceremony
and like in the Jewish tradition there is a full separation between men and
women. A band is playing music and the
audience sings their songs – by the bible script. The same exact music that pulled
me over into their community only few hours earlier! They invited me to take a
part in the ceremony – a jester I appreciated and felt honored of as they never
share such with others then their own tribal mates. I guess I was considered a
tribal mate today – a brother. I probably am… They also don’t let such ceremony
or their life style being filmed or photo. Today was an exception. I was
allowed to document the event and interview the people and their about. While I
took part in the ceremony my film crew documented the event from behind without
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The lamb scarify ceremony took about 45 minutes at mid day
and under the blazing sun. I was brought
to the front of the crowed all dressed up with a Toga gown bible style and with
a person assigned to hold a parasol over my head. Having my skin subject to
melanoma cancer less than two years ago and my face grafted in a repairing
surgery I could not wish for better care under the Amazon sun that day. </div>
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Following the ceremony all came inside a large structure of
about 5000 sq. ft. (500 sq. meters) with floor of compact clay, tin roof and tall.
It was well insulated and provided chilled air. Like in a tradition Synagogue
women were on the left side and men on the right – gender separation. Men,
women and children all looked like were taken from the bible stories, head
covers, light blue and crimson colors gowns. The community leader now introduced me to his
congregates as the…. Messiah. He reminded them of the dream story he shared
with them only a few days earlier and all clapped their hands in cheers. To me
that was too much…I wanted out, back to the jungle… but not before Messiah meal was prepared for
me and my hungry team that seems very pleased with the opportunity to eat real
food with such honoree treatment. Lucy,
my Argentinean team member was taken aside earlier, dressed up with “bible”
gown and kept with the women – in the kitchen… poor Lucy. But she also seemed
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At the end of the ceremony day my new followers offered me
to stay with them for as long as I wish and committed to care for my needs at
all time as an obligation to the important guest who came to them on their holy
day just as their leader predicted…( At a second thought this offer seems not
too bad at all…as a life style option…. mmm). At least seven days, they asked.
Please stay they said. I explained them
the nature of the Amazon 5000 expedition and emphasized the importance in
keeping the expedition going and told them about the people from around the
world who are following me and of which I cannot disappoint. Sharing with them
my Impossible Possible mission of inspiration to those who battle cancer it was
brought to my attention that this village helps cancer patients and others of
terminal illnesses to recover, practicing holistic treatments with remedies
from the jungle and…faith, using natural remedies without conventional medicine. I have not experienced any treatment there
but I believe them. </div>
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Leaving a chapter of history behind me I am now heading east
to Tabatinga, Brazil along the Amazon River and all the way to its mouth at the
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AMAZON 5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/08493655380795397578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-5610117909279189142012-09-25T17:19:00.000-04:002012-12-08T23:53:23.968-05:00A short blog from Mickey Grosman: A TALE OF AN AMAZON FRUIT<br />
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Yesterday we found a fruit tree in the jungle, fruit I have never seen before. The indigenous collected the fruit and explained me that the locals use it as sun block (sunscreen) </div>
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My curiosity kicked in. My supply of sun block cream made in America is getting low and finding a natural remedy to protect my skin appealed to me. Dr. Wayne, My cancer doctor is watching me all the time looking carefully at my pictures I post to make sure I follow his orders: Nose face and ears must be protected with sun block at ALL TIME. My Melanoma cancer cells, if still developing in my body are hungry for food. I must prevent it…</div>
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So I wanted to test this remedy. A month ago while still up the Curaray River I have used natural clay as sun blocker. You take what mother Earth gives you when you are away from the nearest CVS. </div>
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Santa, a Peruvian guy who just joined my expedition team began preparing the mix. He squeezed the white juice first and then removed the white color gooey pulps out of it. Mixing it all well we have had now a nice white creamy paste. Santa smmired the paste carefully over my face, forehead and neck, in nice layers, perfect coding that suppose to provide me with protection from the sun.</div>
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Only 20 minutes to my facial treatment and I see all my Amazon 5000 indigenous team guys watching me and cracking up with huge laughter! What? What’s the story Delfin??? Delfin is my translator in situations where my Spanish is to no avail… No one, not Delfin can speak. They are holding their tummies so not to explode and laughing their lungs out. I look behind me. Is it something there that I don’t see that cause them to tear from laughter? No, they say and point their fingers at my face. I touch my face. Still feel creamy… remove my fingers and look at them. Oy Vey! IT’S ALL BLACK!</div>
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What? I must find a mirror and see what they see – but I quickly understand. They prank me…these busters! They knew this white fruit turn black in only 15 minutes. They are happy now big time like kids who prank their teacher. As for me….? this fruit, although a real sun block, actually stained the skin. My skin is now dyed black and will stay like that for at least two weeks. Luckily my beard is still reddish blond – my identity is saved!</div>
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And as for Delfin, Timothy, Santa, Nicky and the rest – revenge is coming your way guys… be aware!</div>
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On a small note…in only two days I am to meet Kyle Ver Steeg and Aaron Sheldrick who are flying from Minnesota and Iowa to the jungles of Peru only to join me aboard Amazon 5000 expedition. I am wondering….is this the man they are expecting to see? </div>
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AMAZON 5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/08493655380795397578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-34371094130206250512012-09-04T20:45:00.001-04:002012-09-04T21:12:55.622-04:00The Amazon 5000 improvised shipyard<br />
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was sent to us by the river current. All bitten up by the elements, all cracked
open, missing its bow and stern, this once a beauty, looks like no more than a tree
bark resembled a carved canoe. But to me this ship wreck looked like a yacht! It
has had a long body and could fit us and our gear all, if we could just fix
it somehow. Surrounded by deep swamps and rising water up to our necks I could
not move the expedition forward. I had to use the river to keep east and for an
unknown stretch of leg until I find a dry land again, and I had to keep going. Being
in this lagoon for several days and in one spot was dangerous and I knew I will
be better off if moving deeper into the jungle. It all motivated me to find a
way to fix this beauty. So what did I have in my possession that could fix such?
Looking for my survival gear that I carry through I pulled out of my backpacks
all that could play a role in fixing this old lady canoe; Duct tape, paracord,
hammer, handsaw, multitool, knives and machetes. Suddenly all this gear that me and
my team carried all along proved to justify the backache we all suffered from. </span><br />
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With each push or pull she made crushing noises and seemed to totally fall
apart. We needed to be focused and handle her with lots of care. Landing her finally
on solid ground we started building nails using local wood to carve wood-nails Indian style. Cutting, assembling, duct taping; we worked for two days to
put her all together again. What needed now was to seal her somehow. Here came
handy again what nature provides - a method used by the Amazonian Indians
throughout all generations; Clay! Excavating with our hands the reach mineral clay
along the riverbank we stuffed this green thick paste first into the canoe cracks,
and then covered the interior canoe, layer after layer, making sure we get a
solid body of sealed surface. </span><br />
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we also used it to seal our face skin from the exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet
rays that beamed on us with no mercy. Looking as if we just spent a time at a cosmetic
salon wearing a green mineral mask we made sure to capture this treatment
method in our cameras. Do I look like a clown or like my dear wife in one of
her beauty treatments…? Feeling protected as our grandmas always ordered
and also as our cancer doctor does… we continued our job till we had a proud
dugout canoe ready for us to jump in and continue the Amazon 5000 expedition.
How many days will this improvised canoe hold? I still don’t know. For now it
rocks! We all are in, our gear is in and we are heading southeast down the
river deeper and deeper into the Peru’s jungle plains.</span></div>
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AMAZON 5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/08493655380795397578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-33342390312189384012012-08-30T15:40:00.004-04:002012-09-02T12:14:50.390-04:00Amazon 5000's GOLD RUSH for the Kids!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Some of the top names in cancer research allocate ONLY $0.01 (<u>a penny</u>) </span><span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">for every cancer research dollar </span><span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">to childhood cancer...<i>We Can Do Better!</i></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Join the movement this September as we play our role to make the children's voices heard. We need <b><u>YOUR</u></b> help to make a difference in the childhood cancer community and make a statement: <i>Our children are worth more than a penny!</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the month of September<b> </b>we will be honoring <b>Childhood Cancer Awareness Month </b>through our <b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Gold</span></b> <b>Rush</b> campaign. We are looking for dedicated <i>Team Captains</i> to step up to the plate and raise crucial funding for the cause. The funding we raise will help us in our mission to <i><b>I n s p i r e</b></i> our young cancer warriors through Mickey's extreme 5,000 mile expedition as well as <b>Give Back </b>to cancer supporting organizations that are devoting much more than a penny to the children! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>GIVE BACK AND GET BACK!</b></span></u> The <i>Team Captain </i>who raises the must funding in the month of September will win a <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 115%;">vacation certificate for <b><a href="http://cancun.travel/en/hotels/" target="_blank">5 days/4 nights in Cancun, Mexico</a></b> !! <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Certificate does not include airfare, some restrictions applied*). </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your</span></span></span><i><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 115%;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.5948641300201416" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> team page </span></b></span></i><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">will</span></span></span><i><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 115%;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.5948641300201416" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> show the combined fundraising efforts of you, your </span></b></span></i><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">family and friends </span></span></span><i><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 115%;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.5948641300201416" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on one page<b>.</b></span></b></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Winners will be announced on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/amazon5000" target="_blank">Amazon 5000 Facebook</a> - Monday, October 1, 2012 </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Should you need any assistance creating your team page please feel free to contact Rachel Perez, Campaign Manager at <a href="mailto:rperez@amazon5000.com">rperez@amazon5000.com</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://ecoplanetadventure.blogspot.com/2012/08/amazon-5000-presents-go-gold-challenge.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: 115%;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.5948641300201416" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Want to do more? CLICK HERE and show us how you go GOLD!</b> </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: #555555; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: #555555; line-height: 115%;">*SMALL PRINT: Winner must raise a minimum of $300.00. Trip valid for travel by two adults (one of which
must be at least 28 years of age) and two children, ages 12 and under. <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: #555555; line-height: 115%;">During your stay you will be asked, <u>but not required,</u>
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we are challenging YOU, our supporters and fans to hit the streets, get involved by showing us how you are going <b><span style="color: #ffc000;">GOLD</span></b> in your local community.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THE CHALLENGE</span><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> -- if you dare to accept it -- join the movement to promote awareness for childhood cancer by using the color </span><b><span style="color: #ffc000;">GOLD</span></b><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Submit your videos of outrageous ways you are drawing attention
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<span style="font-size: small;">Show us your videos of you starting a golden flash mob, painting your body gold,
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<span style="font-size: small;">Your efforts will not go unrewarded! Thanks to <a href="http://www.floridaecosafaris.com/" target="_blank">Florida EcoSafaris</a> sponsorship of the <b>Amazon 5000 <span style="color: #ffc000;">Go GOLD </span></b><b>Challenge</b> there </span><span style="font-size: small;">are </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>2 EcoPark Admission Tickets</b> ($270 value total, some restrictions apply)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> up for grabs along with some other exciting prizes (for you non-Floridians) to the winning submissions.</span></span> Our panel of judges will choose their favorite submissions and on October 1st the winners will be announced</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">! </span></span><br />
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.8336042193695903"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PHASE 1</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span id="internal-source-marker_0.8336042193695903"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Winner Announcement </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">CAMERA EQUIPMENT: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Use a DV or mini-DV camera (if possible) and keep the camera as still as possible while filming.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">LIGHTING/SOUND:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Make
sure that we can see and hear you properly before you start filming.
Make sure where you are is well lit, and avoid having windows or bright
lights directly behind you as this may obscure your face. If indoors,
close windows and doors and turn off phones to restrict noise.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">PLEASE
NOTE: DO NOT FILM YOURSELF PARTICIPATING IN ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY
CAUSE PHYSICAL OR BODILY HARM. A5K WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Videos will <u>NOT</u> be
confidential. By sending us your video, you hereby authorize to release
all rights to the Amazon 5000 Team to publish it to the public and use
for any other purposes. We will be posting them on our website, Facebook
and any other social media site.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> <span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You must be at least 18 years of age to apply.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">You may submit your video this way:</span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Upload your video to YouTube.com</b> AND email your video link to: </span><span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="mailto:mail@amazon5000.com"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mail@amazon5000.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Winners announced on Monday, October 1st on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/amazon5000">Amazon 5000 Facebook Page</a>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Join our
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ORLANDO, Florida- Amazon 5000,<a href="http://www.facebook.com/amazon5000" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/amazon5000</a>, announced today that Orlando Cancer Activist, Mickey Grosman will have his footsteps mirrored back at home by his fans. Amazon 5000 fans are standing united to promote awareness and spend a day in Mickey's shoes at the American Mud Race (<a href="http://www.americanmudrace.com/" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.americanmudrace.com</a>), Saturday, August 25th.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mickey has trekked over 1,000 miles already in his campaign for cancer awareness. He has had numerous close encounters and life-risking moments but still, him and his team of (6) indigenous forge on. Beginning on the shores of Pedernales, Ecuador they have crossed the country by foot, over the brutal Andes and through the dense Amazon Jungle. </span></div>
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In support to Mickey and his mission to reignite the fight against cancer a group of fans will represent the Amazon 5000 Team on the American Mud Race's muddy and extreme, 3.4 mile course. Just as Mickey has already, and will continue to, face many obstacles on his 5,000 mile journey, fans will encounter over 18 obstacles on race day. </div>
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"Mickey is in the mud and dirt all day out on the Amazon 5000 Expedition. He is going to the extreme for an extreme cause. I feel honored to mirror his footsteps back at home and make a statement to our local community to DO Something in the fight against cancer." Stated fan Katrina Putnam. "I am inspired by Mickey and his passion for the cause and I look forward to being part of his incredible movement!"</div>
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We are stuck at the Ecuador Peru border. The soldier in charge of the check point is trying to contact by two ways radio with his supervisors in Iquitos Peru, hundreds of miles away. To my request he is seeking instructions in order to allow Amazon 5000 expedition to cross the border in ordinary way. It has been already 3 days since we arrived this point, still no answer...the radio only goes one way… No one in Iquitos pick up the other side radio. It seems as if my original plan of cutting on foot through the deep dense jungle would have worked better, rather wasting time with the incapacity of the confused Peruvians guards who apparently never had a western dude crossing that point of land. But as I’ve quickly learned, the jungle ground around here is flooded to neck height and surrounded by thousands of acres of nasty swamps…I still feel the pain my expedition support team and I have encountered just in the past month of crossing through the Yasuni jungle’s swamps north of here, and where I’ve tasted the bitterness these swamps provide. If I could just avoid that “pleasure” I will cross the border’s checkpoint along the River, at the confluence point of the Cononaco and the Curary rivers. These two rivers originates from the source of the Amazon; the ridges of the Eastern Andes, and down the orient, and makes one wider and winding river that heads South-East to meet with the mighty Amazon river.</div>
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Stopping first at the Ecuadorian checkpoint I experience no problem exiting Ecuador. I have an official letter provided to me by the Government of Ecuador that calls for anyone who read it to provide me and my Amazon 5000 expedition team with all the help and support we need. After all we received a tremendous support to the Amazon 5000 cause and for going such a grueling expedition, by the Ecuadorian people all along the way since 3 months ago when I began my expedition at the shores of the Pacific ocean in Pedernales. You should understand; where I am right now it is not a traditional “tourists” checkpoint. No tourists ever come here! Therefore there is not exactly a Passports check in or out station and all other procedure known to the west. Only one small soldiers unit posted here, and they did not even understand what exactly to do when I stood there, asking them to stamp my passport! I wanted to assure my exit from Ecuador will be done properly and documented in my passport. The officer in charge – David, agrees to sign his name and post a date on my passport page. That’s the only way they can document my exit he said. One kilometer downs the river and East, and we are now in Peru’s checkpoint.</div>
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So here I am, awaiting the Peruvians to approve my expedition passing through their checkpoint. Presenting the Peruvians with the Ecuadorians official letter and briefing them about the Amazon 5000 expedition the soldier in charge is trying every four hours to communicate with Peru’s inland. These unsuccessful attempts look to the observer like if the “Tam-Tam” drams system works very slowly here in the jungle. Not only has that no one picked up the radio on the other side, but in my case also the thunders and lightning storms that are so common to this region disturbs the radio communication transmission. I must adapt to the slow pace things are being handle here, I know. So I accepted the advice from my lovely wife – “be patient” she text messaged me to my Satellite phone, from as far as Orlando Florida, where she and the Amazon 5000 home base team monitoring my progress very careful… from their comfortable couches. “Time is the best commodities you have, so relax there, on the river’s “playa” until things will get clear…” she said.</div>
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I take her advice and am here for 3 days already, waiting… but it’s not me to just simply sit still… having thorns pokes my rear constantly I must keep busy. I also become worry watching my Ecuadorian indigenous support team as boredom threaten to control their strong being. The adrenaline this expedition provides is dying with each day the expedition is on halt. Such can cause motivation to drop and the united body of the team fall apart. I decided there is a lot to do in preparation for the moment a clear sign will be given to me. I realized a trek on foot through the jungle like we did before will not work here, at least not for quite a while. I must move down the river waterway and over the swamps area. Balsa makeshift raft will do it!</div>
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I asked two of the Peruvian soldiers with whom I’ve made friendship to join me and my team while we seek for balsa trees deep in the thick jungle. For the whole day we trekked the forest but couldn’t find such trees. Empty handed we returned to the border checkpoint. While we discussed other means for waterway transportation one of the soldiers mentioned that one hour away southeast along the Curarai River he observed a dugout canoe that has been drifted a while ago from the upper river and is stuck at the muddy river bank since then. The two soldiers volunteered to show us the exact location of the canoe while did not see any wrong doing in letting us entering deep into the Peruvian territory. But how could we go down the river, a one hour distance? </div>
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Not expecting any military combat happening at their border, the border patrol unit does not have even one canoe for transportation… They are stranded in the jungle as much as we are! So how can I reach the abandoned canoe? the canoe the River stole from one and sent over to us…? It is the best survival tool sent my way. It will allow me to resume moving and to get out of this trap. I can’t miss this opportunity. However, I still don’t know the condition of the dugout canoe and hope it will float! My head is spinning seeking a solution...here it is, an immediate order to my men to pump air in three of my rubber commando boats and hit the Dugout canoe rescue combat operation! </div>
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And like Francisco de Orellana the Spanish conquistadors who has been stranded in this region in the year 1541 during the legendary El-Dorado voyage, I became Pizarro – his colonel - who sent Orellana down the river to seek for food… I now sent my people; Delfin Gualinga and three others to seek for ….a canoe.</div>
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It has been seven hours now and Delfin and his small canoe’s rescue team is not back yet. The Canoe should be located only one hour down the river….and there is no sight of Delfin….for a second I remembered how Francisco de Orellana went down the river at the same region and could not return up river after he found a food source. Will the same happen here? Will Delfin be unable to paddle the rubber boats or dugout canoe if found up the river? Will the incredible Seven Amazonian Indians team and one Ameri-sraeli colonel are doomed to split as happened 500 years ago?</div>
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17:00 – It is sundown time. In a short hour a thick darkness will cover the canopies and the jungle nocturnal life will resumed. Delfin and his team of three finally shows up from around the river curb, all covered with mud and exhausted…. There is a canoe! he reports to me. But it is all cracked and needs a major repair. It took them hours to dig the canoe out of the mud and tow it upstream. They left it at a nearby sand bar. Tomorrow I will go there to assess the canoe’s damages and see if I can use it to continue the Amazon 5000 jungle expedition.</div>
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AMAZON 5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/08493655380795397578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-69800643433726400062012-08-11T22:34:00.001-04:002012-08-14T12:10:58.717-04:00The next legHere are some pictures to put the next leg of the Amazon 5000 in perspective. The first is the spot where Mickey is being dropped off after the kidnapping ordeal. An outpost on the border of Ecuador and Peru called Conanaco (quite nice place).<br />
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And the next picture is a zoom out that shows the next section of the trek.<br />
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I think this pretty much says it all. If you want to follow along and see their progress - here is the link to the <a href="http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0D4qBSnhmP0pGrTMOkgfrmjahaeaBrG9B">beacon tracker</a>.<br />
<br />Ron Eaglin, Adventurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08115631046197741573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-3857147342021240432012-08-08T10:18:00.001-04:002012-11-17T15:44:24.774-05:00Kidnap and EscapeI have done my best to make this as accurate as possible - as I get more information I will make corrections. This is continued from Part I - The Kidnapping.<br />
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The expedition team had been captured Sunday afternoon leaving Sunday evening to be a real nail-biter for the folks back here in Orlando. Outside of a satellite phone call that Mickey placed to Noga over the protests of the kidnappers - there was no other correspondence from either the team or the kidnappers. What the kidnappers were learning was that kidnapping Mickey is like grabbing a tiger by the tail. Anyone who knows his also knows this. He continued filming while they told him not to, he used the satellite phone, and by Monday - he and the team had set up camp while the kidnappers kept a sage distance (of about 300 feet) from the encampment.<br />
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Members of the tribe that captured Mickey</div>
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Meanwhile - back in the US and Israel, plans for the rescue were underway. The coordination had led to a plan. The message sent using the Delorme Device was at this location<br />
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Here is a map of the crew and kidnapper movements during this time.<br />
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Because of the road access, and the fact that we had a satellite signal, a team was able to get to the location and determine that Mickey and crew were in fact at the same location. Late Monday evening a car was sent from the oil company to the location. Two representatives spoke with the tribe holding Mickey, and while they were leaving they spoke in English (which the tribe does not understand) - to be at a set of coordinates on the road at 4 AM for extraction.<br />
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Mickey in Captivity</div>
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This would lead Mickey to start planning a daring night escape. Instead of unpacking gear on Monday evening, the team kept everything in their packs. They planned to use hammocks to sleep (which is common). At 2:30 AM using night vision goggles and infrared night equipment that was packed for the expedition - Mickey and team left camp and slowly and quietly made their way to the location on the road. For those of you who might have had the experience of navigating through the jungle to find a spot on a road at night, while sneaking past guards and wearing a 50 pound pack - this is not an easy task.<br />
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Once at the car - the team was driven all the way to Rio Napo where they were greeted by representatives of the government, and others. We will have more stories and footage later - but for now the team is safe and is planning on being taken to Cononaco near the border with Peru to continue the expedition. And, while this gets them past the territory where they might be kidnapped by tribes in Ecuador - they will have an entirely new set of challenges facing them ahead.<br />
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<br />Ron Eaglin, Adventurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08115631046197741573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-59946152763364744372012-08-07T13:24:00.001-04:002012-09-12T10:44:18.146-04:00Encounter and KidnappingImagine the jungle, deep jungle - no sun overhead - trudging along. At night you hear sounds, animal sounds and what you think are human sounds. Each day you hear more of the sounds that you are sure are not animals - but humans. You know there are hostile tribes in the area you are traveling through - the most dangerous being the Tagaeri Tribe (more here - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagaeri">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagaeri</a> ). We have had encounters with them before and felt lucky to escape.<br />
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In this case - there were tribal indians stalking the expedition crew and around 12 PM on August 4 - they made their move. It was not the feared Tagaeri - but instead the a group Huaorani tribesmen and soldiers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaorani">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaorani</a> . The presence of soldiers does not mean safety - in the jungle, the tribe and the military are pretty much the same people. It does mean well-armed, though. The expedition crew was quickly surrounded, searched, led to 2 waiting boats and taken to a "secure" location.<br />
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Mickey has been in these types of situations before. He quickly hid his beacon satellite tracker on his body, and got a message off to Noga - his wife. If the tribe took his other equipment, he could at least be tracked on beacon. Of course anyone who has ever relied on beacon knows that it has a mind of its own, and for 2 hours Noga watched an unmoving satellite tracking screen with no updates.<br />
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Meanwhile back in the jungle, Mickey and crew were being guarded by about 15 armed men (it is kind of hard to count guards while they keep moving and have guns). Also when guarding a group it is a good idea to not have the group know exactly how many people are there and where they are. The group gave the team about 300 feet to set up camp. Mickey decided not to put up tents, to sleep in hammocks - and also keep all equipment packed up. Unfortunately, the team did not want to use the cameras (understandably) - but this did not stop Mickey who wanted to keep filming away (and he did).<br />
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A night in the jungle under guard can be scary, however back in the rest of the world - news of the kidnapping had gotten out and was on the news and quickly making its way through Facebook and the social media. Also with an Israeli-American involved - it had the potential of becoming an international incident. To make it even more suspenseful - we knew exactly where Mickey was (thanks to the beacon tracker). There would be no news until the next day, and you my friends get to hear about that tomorrow too.Ron Eaglin, Adventurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08115631046197741573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-52048397686494012712012-08-03T16:44:00.001-04:002012-08-03T16:45:46.935-04:00Press Release: Augut 3, 2012<table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" width="100%"><tbody>
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"The high elevation mountains have basically blocked us", wrote Mickey in a Satellite transmission. "The deep gorges surrounded us, rapid rivers beneath us, winds and downpours above us, and the life threatening situation has become obvious! All of us feel that this Cloud-forest jungle wants to kills us and keep us here. Everything is holding us back and trying to keep us from moving forward. I feel like this place wants to keep me here forever!"</div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Here in the middle of the mystical cloud forest where Mickey has now opened a trail for future researchers to come and study the plants, Mickey marked the mighty trunk of the rain forest tree that is now a commemoration site for cancer warriors.</span></div>
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The Amazon 5000 Dedication scrolls were placed in time capsules to protect them over time, but hopefully not too much time.It is Mickey's vision to send a 2nd expedition to retrieve the dedication scrolls once a cure for cancer is discovered. Being that 70% of vegetation with anti-cancer properties are found in the rainforest, the cure may very well lie here in the unexplored jungles of the Amazon region where the dedication scrolls lie.</div>
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A meeting with the Tagaeri's could turn fatal, this tribe is known for their weapo<span style="font-size: 10pt;">n of choice, long </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">spears, and to be one of the most violent tribes. Despite the danger, Mickey forges on in his mission to reignite the fight against cancer and inspire cancer patients. Even the ominous giant paw print found in their path will not deter Mickey! </span></div>
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Setting a personal example, Mickey wishes to encourage cancer patients. Mickey says "I want the cancer warriors to know I am dedicating this journey to them. Keep battling strong, fight hard and never ever give up!".<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Through state of the art technology sponsored by <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vF2o8otBLBFWrg6lOoJ8wdFw9VmYJfAILoYiZzWGkE-SPO9Mfe7yausolRW7w5lhfSjYteCAtHun6RC7YhNWZeqblTtw4kLfkC9w3t9hR9Uk_hwiTcLHDyHHdwwXCtu3" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Satellite Phone Store</a> and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vF2o8otBLBFWrg6lOoJ8wdFw9VmYJfAILoYiZzWGkE-SPO9Mfe7yausolRW7w5lhfSjYteCAtHun6RC7YhNWZYdC6v_rZyn5gzKespVzRuI=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Delorme</a>, Mickey is able to share updates, blogs and picture live from the jungle and communicate with his fans at home and the little warriors battling cancer at Florida Hospital (<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vF2o8otBLBFWrg6lOoJ8wdFw9VmYJfAILoYiZzWGkE-SPO9Mfe7yausolRW7w5lhfSjYteCAtHun6RC7YhNWZbs4o6Oi01cGuYvqop13WtAikIaU0SO5ycjXTNgHbQ3428Gp5IWX0dQ=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.<wbr></wbr>floridahospitalforchildren.com</a><wbr></wbr>) and with the children at BASE Camp Children's Cancer Foundation(<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vF2o8otBLBFWrg6lOoJ8wdFw9VmYJfAILoYiZzWGkE-SPO9Mfe7yausolRW7w5lhfSjYteCAtHun6RC7YhNWZXD3CKZH7SBY829FqAZC1xU=" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.basecamp.org</a>) . They are partner organizations with Amazon 5000-for the Cure (<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vF2o8otBLBFWrg6lOoJ8wdFw9VmYJfAILoYiZzWGkE-SPO9Mfe7yausolRW7w5lhfSjYteCAtHun6RC7YhNWZdXnrF3RnZMxrGWItoCODA8ATt9N2Q6x6piLKNVAmlr-" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/Amazon5000</a>) and the Amazon 5000-Kids Adventure Club (<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vF2o8otBLBFWrg6lOoJ8wdFw9VmYJfAILoYiZzWGkE-SPO9Mfe7yausolRW7w5lhfSjYteCAtHun6RC7YhNWZdXnrF3RnZMxrGWItoCODA-yDDnG2Gpl8qHFSaeU0u7YBgjzBDy2nN-2bUDXhcvC8Q==" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/groups/<wbr></wbr>TrekkerInspector</a>).<br />
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.9382434834260494" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Amazon Jungle is full of wonder and mystery, but it is also full of danger. In the remote jungle there are no rules, there is no enforcement, everyone lives by the law of their own land.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No one knows this more than the 4 indigenous tribesmen who have joined Mickey for the Amazon 5000 Expedition. These men have been born and raised in the jungles of the Amazon. This jungle is their home, their playground and yet there is still a part of <br class="kix-line-break" />this jungle that brings much fear to these people.It is the land of the Tagaeri's. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the heart of the Amazon Jungle, near the Ecuadorian/Peruvian border is the territory of the Tagaeri's. The Tagaeri Tribe is one of the last known uncontacted indigenous tribes in the world. They live a very primitive life and are hostile to those who cross their territory. They are most known for their deadly weapon, the spear. Known as one of the world's most violent tribes, they are in every essence of the word, savages.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Tagaeri, once a part of the Huaorani</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> tribe, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">live in voluntary isolation and have a distrust of the outside world due to the deforestation controversial oil companies are doing in the area that has been killing off their food source. Living off the land, it is essential that they protect it by any means possible. It is the most valuable thing to them, they can not survive if their food sources are contaminated, consumed, burned or torn down.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In his years as adventures leader in the Amazon basin region, running his Eco-Planet Adventure travel company, Mickey had a brush with fate. Mickey had a brief close encounter</span><span style="background-color: #b7b7b7; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with the Tagaeri people. He knows first hand </span><span style="background-color: #b7b7b7; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">about this tribe. Now Mickey and his team are about to enter this perilous land of the Tagaeri people to continue the</span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> lengthy Amazon trek of 5000 miles East. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This most ominous path he is taking now will bring aboard a great chance he will encounter with the Tagaeri people - once again! The only difference is </span><span style="background-color: #b7b7b7; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">then he </span><span style="background-color: #b7b7b7; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">traveled only at the outskirts of this territory while now he is intending to cross straight through it, into the heart of the Tagaeri land.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many stories about encounters with the Tagaeri's turned deadly. One of the most famous encounters was depicted in the film</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/End-of-the-Spear/113034738710786"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">End of The Spears</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. A film about missionaries who came to visit the tribe and were speared to death as soon as they arrived to the community. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These events, encountering the Tagaeri, hit close to home for Amazon 5000 expedition team member, Bartolo. Bartolo has a horrifying story of his own. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Read here as Mickey unfolds a very dark moment from Bartolo's past and what happened when his family encountered the Tagaeri's... </span></b></div>
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.9382434834260494" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mickey:</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bartolo is a 38 year old Ecuadorian from Pavacachi, </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a member of the Kichwa tribe. I have known this man for a little over 6 years, he has helped me on several occasions as a guide while I led my eco-adventure survival courses through his land located at the Amazon basin. Bartolo is a helpful member of the Amazon 5000 expedition team, he is the strongest of the indigenous and has the most energy. He served some time on duty in the Ecuadorian military where his physical strength and strong mental endurance probably came from.<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After a short break of few days in my expedition, giving my team members time to gain energy back, I am now preparing to embark on Leg 6 to my expedition and ready to enter the dangerous land of the savage. For the past several days I have met with local people of the region and interviewed them about the Tagaeri tribe and their known habits to the locals in that stretch of land I am about to cross . Bartolo, who lives with his family along the South edge of the Tagaeri territory became agitated as our final preparation took final shape. Its obvious he is nervous. He carries a heavy load of memories on his strong built shoulders and he decided he will share it with the expedition team so we will all know what’s ahead of us. At no point did Bartolo suggest he is pulling back and leaving the expedition. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are sitting by the fire letting the last light of the day vanish into the canopies and the last sound of the Amazon birds turn to silence. </span></b></div>
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.9382434834260494" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About 8 years ago my father in-law, mother in-law, and my 6 year old son were traveling up the Curary river </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to bring their load of fruit from our land to a far friendly community along the river.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> they stopped on the way and camped out riverside in a small thatched roof shelter that they quickly fixed up before night fell that day. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being all alone and knowing the jungle rules</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">they purposefully camped out on the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">South</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> riverside that was opposite of the Tagaeri territory to avoid any </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">confrontation</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with them. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The river was by local acquiescence the border between the Kichwa and the Tagaeri tribes. One accepts civilization, the other not! The Tagaeri are hostile to the Kichwa community for adapting civilization.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My family woke up around 05:30 (as costumed here) to prepare a fire for breakfast. My father in-law was busy preparing the fire while the grandmother and grandson - my child - were down at the river washing. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was a peaceful morning not revealing what is about to happen. They have not noticed they were followed the evening before by eyes and shadows hiding behind the thick jungle trees on the North side of the river. Under cover of darkness of that night while my family slept sound a small group of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the Tagaeri had swam across the river and prepared to attack my family. they waited until first light to make their move. My father in-law was the first to be attacked... when</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I went later that day to seek for them I </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">found my father in-law’s body with 13 spears </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pierced into his heart and soul. The Tagaeries, as per their custom, marked their kill by leaving their spears in him. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And then, they hid again! </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When grandma and my son came up </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">back to camp she immediately noticed her husband’s lifeless body impaled by the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tagaeries’ </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">spears. she </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">began to scream frantically! Yelling for her grandson to go run as far as he can and hide! My son could not move at first, she pushed him and his feet finally began to move and he ran into the jungle and hid. From his hiding place he watched </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in horror</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as the Tagaeries impaled his grandmother with 6 spears. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Holding back his cry, understanding this is a very bad moment he looked at the scene with eyes wide open afraid they will come after him next. </span></b></div>
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They then looked for my son, but couldn’t find him. luckily he had a very good hiding spot and remained undiscovered. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the Tagaeries finally left, my young boy stayed hidden without a move until nightfall. It began to rain very hard </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and he knew he had to survive. All alone and with no one to help him he went back to the shelter my in-laws built the night before and cuddled up against his grandparents bodies. Frightened and tired he fell asleep shortly after.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The next day he traveled along the river until he saw some people </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">riding a</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">canoe. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They picked him up and brought him back to my community</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">where he fell to my arms and told</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">me what had happened. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It took him two days to finally get home and be comforted by his family for the horrors that befell his eyes. Once I heard my son’s story I went </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">immediately</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">down river to see for myself</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> what my son’s eyes witnessed </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and to retrieve the bodies. When I arrived to the site my in-laws still had the spears in them and were laying lifelessly in the same places where the Tagaeries murdered them. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My son is still very disturbed from that event. He is now 14 years old and cries every time someone asks him about that horr</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ific</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> day. </span></b></div>
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Alexander Hernandez</div>
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Meet Alexander Hernandez, your not so typical banker and financial adviser. Take a good look at this clean cut business man, he just spent 2 weeks trekking along brutal terrain in South America with Amazon 5000 Expedition Team Leader, <a href="http://www.stayclassy.org/fundraise?fcid=172226">Mickey Grosman</a>. </div>
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From his first video submission to his extreme fundraising tactics it was clear, Alex was daring (watch Alex's fundraising challenge<a href="http://youtu.be/SLnH-uKqP24"> HERE</a> ). He had a sense of adventure instilled in him. More than this, he had a real passion for the cause and supporting Mickey's mission to Reignite the Fight Against Cancer.</div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Read below in Alex's own words as he describes the two weeks he spent with Mickey on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ecoplanet2009?feature=results_main">Amazon 5000 Expedition</a>. His experience of going from the urban jungle in the city into the wild in the jungle.</span></div>
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MY AMAZON EXPEDITION BY ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ</h2>
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it is darkest before the dawn, or in this case cold and "wettest"
just before the successful warm and dry.
You will not give up, even though you will be tested by pain. You will not turn back, even though you get
lost. You will only persevere. You will pass through with the blessing from
the jungle and forest. You will succeed
not because of your strength’s but because sometimes people have no other
choice. Your desire and want can be
enough. I believe in my friends and I
have no doubt about your strengths (I witnessed them first hand). Think warm and happy thoughts, tighten the
ankle a little bit more, cut the bush a little lower, and take an extra long
step.
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It
still feels a little like a movie. You
know the feeling when you come out of that suspenseful movie that kept you on
the edge of your seat for the full two
hours. Then you hit the real world
and you are relieved. The movie screen world is intense but your glad that you can breath a little
more controlled now and your blood pressure seems to be dropping after you walk
out of the theater. Then you recount
with your friends or family those Hollywood moments that took your breath
away. I can look back on my experience
in the Amazon and it almost seems like a movie.
It almost feels like my real life experience was a 14 day long movie
theater that played out the best and worst of a protagonists role. It almost seems like those moments of
danger and terror are a long gone movie moment that is now behind me. Yet sometimes I relive them and remember that
I was really there. I remember that I
was in real danger. I remember that my
health and life were constantly at risk.
Yet oddly enough I am grateful for it.</div>
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I
traveled to the Amazon, June 6<sup>th</sup> of 2012. That day was actually turning out to be one
of the more beautiful summer days in Orlando, Florida. I awoke early in the morning, kissed my wife
and kids goodbye and made the 3 hour drive to Miami to depart on the 3:00pm LAN
Airline trip to Quito, Ecuador. My
initial destination before the dark.</div>
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The
plane ride was uneventful. Like most
plane rides should be. I arrived at the
capital of Ecuador sometime after 8:00pm.
I was greeted at the airport by two of the local travel guides that
delivered me quickly to my hotel. The hotel left much to be desired. The entrance looked more like an abandoned
house. The toilet had no seat or
cover. The bed looked more like my shag
carpet from the 70’s, but with a 2010 expiration date and way passed its life
cycle. I believe the last person to
sleep in it was a mountain man because he had left part of his beard on the
pillow. I was told to be ready by 6:00am
to be picked up for the start of my expedition.<br />
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I made myself as comfortable as possible on top of the sheets and went
to bed. The sleep was intermittent as a
couple fought in the room next to me and the other three surrounding rooms
coordinated a party. I was sure I heard
a gun shot in the middle of the night, but hoped that it was a table being tipped
over at the party. <br />
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That morning I
decided to put a positive attitude forward no matter what the experience. I put on my favorite Mickey Mouse socks. These socks have a colorful design of our
infamous Mickey Mouse swinging a golf club dressed to the “tee” in his golf
apparel. I strapped on my jungle boots
that were purchased on sale, grabbed my 70 lb backpack of gear and headed thru
the door. I was picked up by the same two
local travel guides. The hailed a cab
and drove me about 2 hours to the west and dropped me off at the expedition
checkpoint. My journey really begins.</div>
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little sleepy from the exhaustive night and trip, I nevertheless embraced the
moment. I was going to do this for
something greater then me. I was going
to do this for all the people that contributed money to this cause. I was going to do it for all those people
that are fighting cancer and all those friends and families that we have
lost. It was to show the world that some
of those things that we perceive as impossible are in fact possible. They just require a whole lot of guts, hard
work, dedication, and sacrifice. I
wanted to do this so my children and my children’s children one day will see this and
say: we can do great things for others
and ourselves. We can do the impossible. </div>
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I was dropped off that morning in a little town called
Nono. This was to be my starting point
and also a checkpoint for the expedition.
At the checkpoint I was asked to unpack all of my belongings so they can
view my gear and make sure that I am fully equipped. “You never know when we can stop and check
your items again“, said Mickey. In an
accent so thick I had to ask a native Indian to repeat what he was saying. They placed everything in my bag, strapped it
on me and started to move. I of course
paraded around showing everyone my Mickey Mouse socks to kind of ease the tension. A tension that immediately started when I
told them that I worked at a bank. I
could interpret the look on their face.
It was the “oh no” look. The “oh
no” here is another one. “Oh
no” another pain in our midst and failure waiting to happen. The look didn’t deter me, but my tension
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We started walking right after that down a dirt road. We continued walking down the dirt road. Past small make shift bridges and beautiful
woods. We kept walking past more woods
and now small mountains. We continued
walking, now up bigger mountains and about 1 hour into it, I started to develop
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even lunch. I could not however walk
past my blisters. They were now with me
for the length of my expedition. That
ice breaker and joke was backfiring big time.
I finally got the courage to mention to the expedition leader, Mickey
that I had blisters. Mickey had everyone
stop. He was going to inspect my feet. That is when one of the many first tests of
pain began. The remedy consisted of four
parts. First checking to see if the
blister was ruptured or needed rupturing. Second after the rupturing was the
dousing of my blisters with iodine. Not
the cute small square swab you get at the hospital but the10% Iodine bottle
that flows maliciously through your pours, cuts, scrapes, and irritated
skin. The third part would not typically
be classified as a part of the treatment, but believe me it was needed. The third part of the treatment was my
jumping, kicking, screaming in an attempt to diffuse away the pain radiating up
each leg. Some call it a breather. I like to call it an integral part of any
healing process. The final part just as
painful and was a preview to later pains to come that night . The wrapping.
Mickey then tightly wrapped each one of my feet in gray duct tape. I was a soldier in the making. </div>
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A soldier for a cause. A soldier with gray feet that continually
shot aching pains up my spine. A warrior
for a cause that very well may not be the warrior he thought he was and all of
this only a couple of hours into what turned out to be a 20 mile walk on my
first day of my 14 day commitment. What
had I gotten myself into. Could I really
do this for all those people that believed in me. Could I really do this for a child with
cancer. I began to question myself. I began to question everything.</div>AMAZON 5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/08493655380795397578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128603415982117252.post-33602292308760148892012-07-20T14:27:00.000-04:002012-07-25T16:08:14.800-04:00Press Release: July 20, 2012<h2>
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<span _mce_style="color: #323232;" style="color: #323232;"><i>Attention reporters: Mickey Grosman is available for interviews live from the jungle. High-resolution images from the expedition are also available.</i></span></div>
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ORLANDO, Florida- Amazon 5000,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a _mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/Amazon5000" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.facebook.com/Amazon5000" shape="rect" style="color: blue !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/amazon5000</a>, announced today that 64-year-old, special forces veteran and cancer survivor, Mickey Grosman, is trekking across the widest part of South America on the Amazon 5000 Expedition.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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<img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs031/1102573040240/img/119.jpg" _mce_style="text-align: left;" align="left" border="0" height="177" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.119" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs031/1102573040240/img/119.jpg" style="text-align: left;" vspace="5" width="134" />While most people are preparing for retirement, Mickey Grosman is in the midst of a 5,000 mile, extreme expedition that has taken him from the shores of Pedernales, Ecuador, over the brutal terrain of the Andes mountain chain and will now lead him through the heart of the mighty Amazon jungle. Mickey will cross Ecuador, Peru, Columbia and Brazil by foot on a route never completed by anyone before. Through dangerous terrain and never explored regions, Mickey is on a daring, year long journey and he's doing it all for a cause that strikes close to home.<br />
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Mickey is trekking to reignite the fight against cancer and raise funds for cancer research. Mickey has conquered his own battle with Cancer and knows from first-hand experience what a devastating moment a diagnosis is. Diagnosed with Melanoma Cancer in 2010, he has walked the halls of the oncology unit of a hospital and seen the pain and suffering this terrible disease produces. It is in the midst of his own battle, when he vowed to make a difference in the war against cancer.<br />
<img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs031/1102573040240/img/112.jpg" _mce_style="text-align: right;" align="right" border="0" height="231" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.112" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs031/1102573040240/img/112.jpg" style="text-align: right;" vspace="5" width="139" /><br />"Seeing the young faces of children fighting this disease was heartbreaking. If I passed on, I had lived my years, but these children, they had barely lived and they were already in the fight for their life" said Mickey Grosman.<br />
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It was these young faces that became the drive for Mickey. Through his expedition he wanted to become a beacon of hope for these kids, to inspire them during their battle. As Mickey overcomes many obstacles on his year-long journey it is his hope to inspire these children to get through their toughest days and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span _mce_style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Never Give Up</b></span>!<br />
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His mantra for the journey is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Impossible, Possible!</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And it is this concept he wants the cancer community to embrace. Together we can make the impossible,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Possible!<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Through state of the art technology sponsored by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a _mce_href="http://www.satellitephonestore.com" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.satellitephonestore.com/" shape="rect" style="color: blue !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" target="_blank">Satellite Phone Store</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a _mce_href="http://www.delorme.com" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.delorme.com/" shape="rect" style="color: blue !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" target="_blank">Delorme</a>, Mickey is able to share updates, blogs and picture<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">live</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from the jungle and communicate with his fans at home and the little warriors battling cancer at Florida Hospital (</span><a _mce_href="http://www.floridahospitalforchildren.com" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.floridahospitalforchildren.com/" shape="rect" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: blue !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline !important; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">www.floridahospitalforchildren.com</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">) and with the children at BASE Camp Children's Cancer Foundation(</span><a _mce_href="http://www.basecamp.org" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.basecamp.org/" shape="rect" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: blue !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline !important; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">www.basecamp.org</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">) . They are partner organizations with Amazon 5000-for the Cure (</span><a _mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/Amazon5000" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.facebook.com/Amazon5000" shape="rect" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: blue !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline !important; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/Amazon5000</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">) and the Amazon 5000-Kids Adventure Club (</span><a _mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/TrekkerInspector" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/TrekkerInspector" shape="rect" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: blue !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline !important; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/groups/TrekkerInspector</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">As Mickey progresses on his Amazon 5000 journey he wishes to highlight and remind everyone of the reason he has taken on this incredibly challenging and extreme 5,000 mile expedition. It is the small faces he met in the hospital, at Ronald McDonald House, at BASE Camp who are in the fight for their lives. It is the smiles of friends and family that are in the midst of battling this horrendous disease. It is for his supporters and fans back home but most of all it is to make a difference in the war against cancer.</span></span><br />
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It is Mickey's mission to inspire and encourage these brave warriors to continue their fight strong. Mickey's motto is to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Never Give Up<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and he embodies this as he faces extreme challenges and obstacles along his 5,000 mile endeavour and forges through despite all circumstances. </div>
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When the tough days of treatment come, he hopes by sharing his Amazon 5000 journey story and setting an example of courage and willpower he can be an inspiration for cancer warriors everywhere to continue to fight and overcome the worst situations despite obstacles in their way.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Mickey honored loved ones currently in their battle by placing a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dedication Scroll<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Time Capsule where names of cancer fighters and heroes lined the page. This scroll was placed in a handmade capsule designed by co-founder, Noga Grosman and Rachel Perez and brought to Mickey by a team member to bring with him on his legendary Leg 5 of the Amazon 5000 Expedition.<br />
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Mickey launched his first Dedication Ceremony in late June in the never explored jungle of the Sumaco region in Ecuador where he opened a trail for future cancer research. At 12,000 feet elevation in the dense cloud forest of the Eastern Andes, fighting the harsh elements and cutting through the dense vegetation by machete Mickey found his desired location where he would place the Amazon 5000 Time capsule. It was a very emotional moment for Mickey, knowing from experience how tough the cancer journey is and thinking of all of those who are currently in the battle, their families and supporting friends, of which he came all this way to inspire. <br />
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"The high elevation mountains have basically blocked us", wrote Mickey in a Satellite transmission he sent just couple of weeks ago: "The deep gorges surrounded us, rapid rivers beneath us, winds and downpours above us, and the life threatening situation has become obvious! All of us feel that this Cloud-forest jungle wants to kills us and keep us here. Everything is holding us back and trying to keep us from moving forward. I feel like this place wants to keep me here forever!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But Mickey and his expedition team has moved forward, leaving a trail for hope!</div>
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Opening a trail for research, it is Mickey's hope researchers will follow his footprint and a cure is found in these unexplored locations. Being that 70% of vegetation with anti-cancer properties are found in the rainforest, the cure may very well lie here in the unexplored jungles of the Amazon region.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Mickey carved a tree to mark the spot the dedication scroll was placed. Years to come when a cure is found another expedition will be launched to visit the same location where Mickey made his imprint and the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>timecapsule then retrieved.Having the names of real people, who are fighting and surviving cancer as we write these words being kept in this time capsule and is truly meaningful and symbolic of the war that is waged and will hopefully in the near future be finally put to an end.</div>
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Through courage, inspiration and determination Mickey hopes to lead the fight against cancer by example and make his imprint on the road to finding a cure.</div>
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And for those who lost their battle we have not forgotten. A special Memorial scroll was created and added to the time capsule to commemorate the brave warriors who moved on in their journey.<br />
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As the temperature is rising, so is our excitement. Thanks to your generous support, our program has developed significantly to a blooming campaign that has been nominated for a <a href="http://www.stayclassy.org/stories/mickey-grosman-treks-5000-mile-expedition-across-amazon-jungle-to-reignite-fight-against-cancer" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">StayClassy Award for Best New Charity</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mickey is now over a month into the inspiring </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ecoplanet2009?feature=watch" shape="rect" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" target="_blank">Amazon 5000 Expedition</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and is trekking through Leg 5. This leg is a monumental moment in the year long adventure, as Mickey is attempting to make history by forging a route where Francisco De Orellana's famous 1541 El-Dorado voyage was forced to turn back due to the impassable terrain and harsh conditions.</span></div>
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Mickey has sent word to us back home about his experiences so far on Leg 5 across the Eastern Andes, he speaks of terrible conditions: nonstop rain, 40 mph freezing cold wind gusts at 12,000 feet altitude, huge canyons, deep gorges, dense jungle, unnegotiable terrainand no open sky for satellite signal. He writes "<i>we only did 1 mile in 9 hours today, conditions are rough and all the indigenous want to quit</i>". Despite the obstacles, Mickey and his team endure and forge on as they learn first hand what the legend of this historic route is all about.<br />
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As Mickey is making big strides on his journey we are looking to make big strides at home, uniting our large community behind the flag Mickey has raised. We wish to remind everyone of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.stayclassy.org/fundraise?fcid=172226" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Mickey's mission and his drive behind the Amazon 5000 Expedition</a>. To do so and make a big impact at home we cannot think of better ambassador to the '<a href="http://www.facebook.com/Amazon5000" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Amazon 5000 - for the Cure</a>' program, than YOU! </div>
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We want to turn our voice into a mighty roar, uniting our cry for a call to take action in finding a cure for cancer. We can<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> make a big impact at home with the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Amazon5000" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Amazon 5000 - for the Cure</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>program, but we need YOU, to become our ambassador and spread the word to your community!</span></div>
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Help us spread Mickey's message to unite against cancer by sharing the Amazon 5000 program with your network of friends. Here is how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>YOU</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>can help:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Post your StayClassy Page on your social networks pages, in the signature of your emails and/or via text to your friends and do it often! </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Add to your posting and email Mickey's </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ecoplanet2009?feature=watch" shape="rect" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">video</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">so your friends can get a first hand glimpse of what the excitement is about. </span></div>
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.438500058837235" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anacondas, Jaguars and the Amazon River, OH MY! Cancer survivor Mickey Grosman is trekking 5,000 miles across the Amazon Jungle to raise awareness for a great cause. Visit my page to read all about it and check it out here <link></link> ! </span></b><br />
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You know Amazon 5000 expedition is not a picnic, right? we all see Mickey Grosman and his team on pictures they transmits via satellite communication devices that they carry on their backs. We see how all physical challenges appear obvious on their faces, buddies and actions. They are with no doubts facing great forces of nature and do their bests to survive the elements and to prevail! What we can't see in the pictures is how the Amazon 5000 expedition team SURVIVE MICKEY - the expedition leader and the spirit behind it - a tough special forces veteran dude who brings to the journey a great deal of powerful demeanor and disciplinary sets of rules, military style, he expect all to adapt. All! Who are these All? Five Amazonian indigenous that lived till now only by the rules of the jungle (means; NO RULES), and one young fellow 'merican who volunteered to join Mickey aboard Amazon 5000 expedition all fascinated by the opportunity to go on such adventure on locations others don't dare to go. Did he know what's ahead of him? Probably not. Can he prevail? But he is still there, dragging his feet all along behind the team, most of the time in a zombie stage of mind, but he keeps going and we salute him for that. His motivation to keep going pushes him a day at a time. Every evening he spends time with Mickey who recaps the events of the day, documenting the journey, stories that Mickey highlights and the "Kid" write down, stories that are sent our way via satellite transmission directly from the expedition ground and in real time***.</div>
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Trying to help the "Kid" gain focus Mickey has asked him to log his own experience daily in short sentences.</div>
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<strong>This is what Matt Saxman - the "Kid" has to say in his own words:</strong></div>
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"Hi Noga, Mickey has asked me to start a list of things I am learning here and his rules. I just started a few days ago (7/5), so there is much more to come. He wanted me to send you some of what I have so far... I still have much more to learn and will be making the list much larger as we continue".</div>
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<strong>AN IDIOT ABOARD: </strong></div>
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<strong>"The transformation of matt saxman during 5000 miles with mickey grosman"</strong></div>
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<li>1. I am an Idiot, everything I thought I knew was wrong. Everything I am learning is right.</li>
<li>2. All the camera men on the survival shows on T.V. are pansies and get to ride in cars and other easy stuff. This is an expedition with no breaks! Everyone works equally as hard and I must work even harder.</li>
<li>3. Everyone can sit in the bar and say how tough they are, this is bullshit! Only the real men go out and do it.</li>
<li>4. Open your pace, the bigger the steps you take the faster you move. </li>
<li>5. When you set up a tarp make sure it is tight, and high so there are no leaks.</li>
<li>6. Always shake out your boots and clothes before wearing.</li>
<li>7. Do not talk too much, or you will be assigned a task to shut you up.</li>
<li>8. If you complain about the weight of your backpack more will be added.</li>
<li>9. keep everything you can as dry as possible. Especially your tent.</li>
<li>10. Do what Mickey says right away, because he will ask something else soon and you will forget the first thing.</li>
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<li>11. Never ask if you can do something tomorrow or later.</li>
<li>12. Download all pictures and video every night.</li>
<li>13. When food is scarce it is important to share and be polite. It doesn't count when everything is ok.</li>
<li>14. Always put vaseline on your feet in the morning, and iodine at night.</li>
<li>15. When it is cold out, wear layers.</li>
<li>16. You do not always need to ask permission, it is better to do something until you get told not to.</li>
<li>17. Use your sense and dont ask stupid questions!</li>
<li>18. Do not use your knife close to your body, especially any of your arteries.</li>
<li>19. Don't argue or question any commands.</li>
<li>20. Always check the battery and memory card conditions every night. </li>
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<li>21. Do not walk with bear mace in your pocket.</li>
<li>22. Do not say please and thank you to Mickey.</li>
<li>23. Do not trust the indigenous with the candy or sweet crackers.</li>
<li>24. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>My mom does not know everything!</strong></li>
<li>25. When repelling put the rope around the tree and use both ends so you can retrieve it. </li>
<li>26. Always treat the water you drink from rivers with iodine.</li>
<li>27. If someone doesn't ask something, there is no reason to tell them.</li>
<li>28. You don't get if you don't ask.</li>
<li>29. Put Vaseline on your knife so it doesn't rust.</li>
<li>30. Look before you grab a tree or vine to see if its spiny.</li>
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<li>31. Don’t touch Mickey's stuff unless he tells you to.</li>
<li>32. When Mickey says to clean something, he wants it to look brand new.</li>
<li>33. Just because Mickey asks you to carry something doesn’t mean you can use it.</li>
<li>34. Always boil milk from strange cows.</li>
<li>35. Put leaves on the ground before your bottom tarp, to provide an air cushion and a little more warmth.</li>
<li>36. Always stay hydrated during dehydration drink<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Hammer gel</strong>.</li>
<li>37. Take<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Hammer electrolytes</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>every morning.</li>
<li>38. Never buy cheap boots for an expedition.</li>
<li>39. Never ask mickey to help you treat a wound, he will do it. But it will be painful.</li>
<li>40. A little lie that causes high morale is better than a truth that causes a bad situation to get worse.</li>
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<li>41. You must have dry tinder to start a fire in the jungle. A candle is very helpful as well.</li>
<li>42. Never get caught just sitting around, there is always work to be done.</li>
<li>43. Don't think, do what your told when your told.</li>
<li>44. If you fall behind you will be left behind!</li>
<li>45. Don't bullshit Mickey he is not your momma.</li>
<li>46. Always turn off the camera before you put it away in dry bag or you are a piece of idiot!</li>
<li>47. Do not stick up for yourself even if you know you are right. Mickey is right no matter what! Only agree, back talking makes it worse! And you will have to write it down here....</li>
<li>48. Do not throw cotton away! It is useful for fire and many may other things. </li>
<li>49. Control your hunger, food should not be your first priority!</li>
<li>50. Vaseline is helpful for making fire. </li>
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<li>51. I am here only as long as I do my job, if I become useless I will head home. </li>
<li>52. If Mickey says tomorrow we have the day off to relax, this means he will sleep in. You still must be up early to prepare his breakfast, coffe, and go film wild life! If you ever sleep in when you have a day off you will suffer for it severely for the rest of the day!</li>
<li>53. Be proactive! If Mickey must tell you to do something it is too late! You must always be one step ahead to avoid being yelled at!</li>
<li>54. Always check the leaves for ants before you use them for toilet paper!</li>
<li>55. Only Mickey can fart in the tent, if you do you will sleep outside.</li>
<li>56. If Mickey sees you using something he wants he will take it! </li>
<li>57. Mickey is like a drug dog for baby wipes, there is no hiding them! If you have them he will find them.</li>
<li>58. If you call Mickey a name he will insult your mother for the rest of the night.</li>
<li>59. Always share your tooth paste or Mickey will give it away.</li>
<li>60. Mickey has good aim, especially with a camera at your face!</li>
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<li>61. Do not waste time and money, always make sure your video is perfect.</li>
<li>62. Always triple and double check the camera audio to make sure it is working.</li>
<li>63. In the jungle, the jungle camera lense will fog, monitor it before every shot.</li>
<li>64. Always camp at least 200 ft away from the river! More if you have recently seen the river flood over twenty feet! Also more especially if there is recent signs of flooding 10 ft above your head!</li>
<li>65. Sleep with your watch on, your<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Delorme</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and your knife in your pocket! If the river floods and you loose everything you are dead!</li>
<li>66. Always have a knife on you! Whether you are eating, sleeping, or shitting! It is the most valuable survival tool!</li>
<li>67. When shit hits the fan do not worry about your gear, electronics, or personal safety! Keep recording and run after Mickey and the others no matter where they go!</li>
<li>68. When rushing down a rapid river on a jungle built balsa raft at 0600 in the morning, you must be aware of riverside trees! If you approach one you must lie down and hold on tight or you will be swept off the raft!</li>
<li>69. In an emergency put your boots on first or you will loose them in the flash flood and be stuck wearing pink crocs (Noga's) until you find a replacement.</li>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">July 11, 2012</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">ORLANDO, Florida</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;">– The </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Amazon 5000 - For the Cure</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;"> foundation,</span><a href="http://www.amazon5000.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline;">www.amazon5000.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;">,
announced today that special forces veteran and cancer survivor, Mickey
Grosman, is making history on the Amazon 5000 Expedition. He has
already covered hundreds of</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;">miles on his mission to reignite the fight against cancer</span><span style="color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;">and to inspire children currently battling cancer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Mickey
Grosman is currently on Leg 5 out of 12 on his year long, 5,000 mile
expedition across the South American continent. This leg is monumental
as Mickey will be making history by forging a route where Francisco De
Orellana’s famous 1541 El-Dorado voyage was forced to turn back due to
the impassable terrain and harsh conditions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Mickey
is leading a courageous team of 6 through the virtually impenetrable
terrain of the Eastern Andes through the Sumaco National Park in
Ecuador, creating a path through the unexplored region never crossed by
man before. This area is notorious for its unrelenting rain, earthquakes
and extreme terrain. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">By
creating this path Mickey will be opening a opportunity for future
researchers to study the plant life of this region. 70% of the plants
with anti-cancer properties are native to tropical rainforests just like
the Sumaco region. It is Mickey’s hope researchers will find in this
never before seen vegetation, a cure to cancer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;">After opening this trail Mickey is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">descending
the brutal Eastern Andes to the tropical rainforest and will continue
on the Amazon 5000 expedition, making his way along the Mighty Amazon
River and through the dense jungles of Ecua</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;">dor,
Peru, Columbia and Brazil.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline;"> Along the way he is commemorating those who
lost their battle with cancer and honoring current cancer warriors in a
dedication ceremony, where he will post their names in a time capsule in
the jungle that will not be opened until a cure for cancer is found. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Through state of the art technology sponsored by Satellite Phone Store, Mickey is able to do live broadcasts from the jungle and communicate with his fans at home and the little warriors battling cancer at Florida Hospital (</span><a href="http://www.floridahospitalforchildren.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.floridahospitalforchildren.com</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and with the BASE Camp Children’s Cancer Foundation (</span><a href="http://www.basecamp.org/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.basecamp.org</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">) . They are partner organizations with Amazon 5000-for the Cure (</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Amazon5000" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.facebook.com/Amazon5000</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and the Amazon 5000-Kids Adventure Club (</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/TrekkerInspector/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.facebook.com/groups/TrekkerInspector/</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">).Journalists and fans can track Mickey on The Impossible, Possible Journey by following us on facebook: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Amazon5000" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.facebook.com/Amazon5000</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><br />
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