A team of four explorers, including Ash Dykes, embarked on a grueling journey through the Amazon Rainforest, facing extreme challenges and dangers to become the first to travel from the source of an uncharted river to the Atlantic Ocean.
As he struggled through the impenetrable Amazon Rainforest with potential death on all sides, Ash Dykes wondered if he had finally bitten off more than he could chew. The 33-year-old had made the 4,500-mile journey from the UK to the former Dutch colony of Suriname in high spirits with his best friends, determined to become the first people to travel from the source of an uncharted river to the Atlantic Ocean .
But just days into their 'brutal' expedition things had started to go wrong - skin and toenails were falling off the explorer's feet, starvation was taking hold and their small troupe was being stalked by one of the jungle's most fearsome predators. Over 37 'agonising' days and 370-miles Ash and his friends Jacob Hudson, Dick Lock and Matt Wallace hacked through the punishing jungle terrain, following the Coppename river and facing danger around every corner. The odds were stacked against the team as they were plagued by hallucinations, hampered by 40 degree temperatures and stung by insects - including Suriname's most dangerous scorpion. Ash told MailOnline how from the moment he touched down in the dense jungle he realised he had made a 'rookie' error that left him in a world of pain. 'I took shoes that were one or two sizes too small and then I didn't break them in either. So when I was out there I got so many blisters. Ash Dykes and three others became the first people to to travel from the source of the river to the Atlantic Ocean After 37 'brutal' days Ash and the group made it to the finish line on the Atlantic ocea
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