Amazon River Show & Film
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AMAZON RIVER show tickets Courtenay, BC Saturday, April 30, 2011 Colin Angus and his team were the first to voyage the entire length of the Amazon River by raft and only the third to navigate it by any means. Meet Colin in person as shares his story of this epic adventure and screens the award-winning National Geographic film Amazon Extreme. His journey takes you to Brazil, Peru and Columbia, exposing hidden wonders only revealed when travelling on the most off-the-beat paths. Delve into the depths of the Amazon jungle and find out what it feels like to raft treacherous class 5 rapids, be shot at by terrorists, and run out of water in the desert. |
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When: Saturday, April 30, 2011 Advance Tickets also available at: Blue Heron Books, 1775 Comox Ave, Comox, tel: 250-339-6111
*Door tickets cash only please. Books and DVDs will be available at the event. Read more about the Amazon River expedition.
More about the Show This tour is raising funds for Colin and Julie's next expedition, Olive Odyssey. This expedition will retrace the maritime journeys of the earliest seafaring merchants, the Phoenicians, to examine how the olive tree, which they helped spread throughout the Mediterranean, has sculpted the lands they visited. Beginning in August 2011, the team will travel thousands of kilometres by small boat from Spain to the Middle East.
The Amazon River Expedition The Amazon River begins as a maelstrom of whitewater high up in the Andes Mountains. From eighteen thousand feet, it cascades down to the Amazon Basin below through deep fractured canyons. It wasn't until 1986 when the first team, led by Piotr Chmielinski, was successful in voyaging the Amazon's full length. That adventure was written about in Joe Kane's bestselling book Running the Amazon. The Amazon's upper tributaries contain some of the word's most dangerous whitewater. Before Chmielinski's success, three teams had attempted to run the world's greatest river but failed due to deaths in the whitewater. In 1999 a multi-national team set out to run the full length of the Amazon River once again. Colin Angus of Canada, Ben Kozel, Australian, and Scott Borthwick, South African began their attempt in September. As well as their goal of voyaging the world's largest river, the trio also wanted to cross South America from one side to the other under their own power. Since the 6,600-km length of the Amazon almost spans the South American continent, they decided to hike the four hundred-km from the Pacific Coast to the South American Continental Divide and the source of the Amazon. From here they would follow the river all the way to the Atlantic, rafting the Amazom River from its source to the sea.
About Colin Angus and Julie Angus
Colin Angus completed the first human-powered circumnavigation of the world when in 2006 he cycled into Vancouver after 43,000 km of travel. During the course of two years he rowed across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, trekked and cycled through 16 countries, endured winter in Siberia and searing heat in the tropics. Colin has made a career exploring and travelling to remote parts of the world and sharing his adventures through bestselling books, films and presentations. He has navigated the Amazon and Yenisey Rivers from source to sea, sailed the South Pacific Ocean, and rowed thousands of km in waterways around the world. He has co-produced four documentaries which collectively won ten awards at international festivals including the Dijon and Telluride Festivals of Adventure Films. His films have aired in the Banff Mountain Film Festival as well as the Vancouver International. Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF). His work is published in numerous publications including the Globe and Mail, Reader’s Digest and Cruising World. Outside Magazine listed Colin as one of the top 25 "bold visionaries with world changing dreams" for his work in promoting lifestyle changes to help the environment. Colin and Julie continue their efforts in promoting zero-emissions transportation as a healthy way to maintain a healthy world.
Julie Angus is the first and only woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland. During the worst hurricane season in history, she spent 5 months rowing unsupported across 10,000 km of unforgiving seas. Throughout this challenge, she and her partner rowed through 4 cyclones, encountered great white sharks, and fished for survival. Julie is a molecular biologist, adventurer, writer, filmmaker, and motivational speaker. She has two undergraduate degrees with honours from McMaster University (Biology and Psychology) and a graduate degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Victoria. She spent over a decade studying and developing treatments for heart disease, cancer and genetic ailments. She has been lauded for her work on environmental awareness and has written for publications includingThe Globe & Mail, National Post and enRoute. Her photography has appeared in Outside Magazine, Explore Magazine, Reader's Digest, National Geographic Adventure and The Guardian, among others. Julie's book Rowboat in a Hurricane, which details her Atlantic row and the changing state of our oceans, is a national bestseller. Julie and Colin's most recent book, Rowed Trip, is co-written and covers their rowing and cycling journey from Scotland to Syria. |
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