Ebook: Canoeing the Congo: the first source-to-sea descent of the Congo River
Author: Harwood Phil
- Tags: Adventure and adventurers, Adventure and adventurers--Congo River, Canoes and canoeing, Canoes and canoeing--Congo River, RELIGION--Christian Ministry--Missions, Travel, TRAVEL--Africa--General, Harwood Phil -- 1965- -- Travel -- Congo River, Canoes and canoeing -- Congo River, Adventure and adventurers -- Congo River, Congo River -- Description and travel, RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions, TRAVEL -- Africa -- General, Harwood Phil -- 1965-, Congo River
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Summersdale
- City: Chicago;Congo River
- Edition: North American ed.
- Language: English
- epub
At 2,922 miles, the Congo is the eighth longest river and the deepest in the world, with a flow rate second only to the Amazon. Ex-Marine Phil Harwood embarked on an epic solo journey from the river's true source in the highlands of Zambia through war-torn Central Africa. With no outside help whatsoever he faced swamps, waterfalls, man-eating crocodiles, hippos, aggressive snakes and spiders' webs the size of houses. He collapsed from malaria, and was arrested, intimidated and chased. On one stretch, known as 'The Abattoir' for its history of cannibalism and reputation for criminal activity
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