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You may be interested in this one as well then.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1874815/

It's about a guy that walked the entire length of the Amazon river. Took 2 1/2 years.

That would be Ed Stafford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Stafford . He has many TV series where he survives starting with nothing (other than camera gear) and some other shows. Probably the most entertaining, down-to-earth and genuine survivalists on tv.

A bit overly dramatic if you ask me though.

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