
Cumberland’s Colin Angus is taking his Amazon River Show & Film on tour starting this Thursday in Vancouver. The journey sounds amazing and nothing short of inspiring.
Here’s what it’s all about (taken from www.angusadventures.com):
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.Â
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.Â
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.
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Vancouver, BC
When: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Where: Hollywood Theatre, 3123 West Broadway, Vancouver, tel: 604-738-3211
Nanaimo, BC
When: Thursday, April 14, 2011
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Where: Nanaimo Museum, 100 Museum Way, Nanaimo
Victoria, BC
When: Friday, April 15, 2011
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Where: David Lam Auditorium, University of Victoria
Campbell River, BC
When: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
Where: Outdoor Addictions, 1980 Island Highway
Parksville, BC
When: Thursday, April 28, 2011
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 pm (doors open at 7:15 pm)
Where: The Chrysler Theatre, Parksville Community Centre, 132 East Jensen Avenue, Parksville
Courtenay, BC
When: Saturday, April 30, 2011Â Â
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Where: Stan Hagen Theatre – North Island College, 2300 Ryan Road, Courtenay