Martin Strel likes to swim. In rivers. Long rivers. From end to end.
The Danube. The Mississippi. The Yangtze. And now, the Amazon. Never mind the piranha and the candirú.
It’s the Slovenian red wine that keeps him going—he laughs when he says it, but he drinks it as he floats on his back down whatever river he happens to be in.
He set out on February 1, and you can follow his progress online. Like all modern nutcases, he has a personal website.
His motto: “Plavam za mir, prijateljstvo in čiste vode” — “I swim for peace, friendship, and clean water.” Nothing crazy about that.
