About the Expedition:

Expedition Amazonas is a 7 month, 7000km trek and paddle, along the entire length of the mighty Amazon River – by far the world's biggest and longest river.

The journey is a traverse of the South American continent, from the river's source high in the Andes of Peru, to it's mouth where it meets the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

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Gear Focus:

Suunto Vector:

Suunto Vector

Suunto Vector is truly an instrument that you cannot leave home when planning any kind of outdoor activity. Hiking, climbing, off piste skiing all share one common feature in order to practice them safely, you need accurate, real-time information about the surroundings. And this is where Suunto Vector, a versatile device that it is, delivers.

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11 Jun 2:05 pm by Nathan Welch Category: The Expedition

As we bathe in the afterglow of the successful Expedition Amazonas mission, assimilation into ‘normal life’ & ‘everyday living’ has in itself been a challenge. The post expedition workload has been a heavy one as we continue to work through our sponsorship commitments, media exposure, attend sponsor trade shows, public presentations & media [...]

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Memory Lane

16 Apr 1:21 am by Mark Kalch Category: Miscellaneous, The Expedition, Thoughts, Videos

A trip down memory lane. Remember this? 3 epic days with Nice and the boys on the Rio Apurimac. Please enjoy.

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Long time, no hear

14 Apr 4:21 am by Mark Kalch Category: The Expedition

 Hello all.  Apologies (again, I think) for the lack of news or updates of our post-expedition goings-on.  Rest assured it is continuing to be a hectic time for Nathe and I.
 Nathe has recently returned to Australia and is currently in Sydney, NSW awaiting the arrival of the expedition gear we have shipped back to Australia. 

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Walk on…

10 Mar 2:57 pm by Mark Kalch Category: Miscellaneous, The Expedition, Thoughts

It is more than 2 weeks since Nathe and I finished our epic adventure. As I write this Nathe is venturing back up the Amazon aboard a passenger boat. At every opportunity he is locating an internet cafe to check and reply to personal and expedition related emails.
Back in Australia I have [...]

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Homeward bound for one

01 Mar 1:22 am by Mark Kalch Category: Miscellaneous, The Expedition, Thoughts

As I write this post, I am seated, quite comfortably I might add, in the VIP lounge of LAN Chile at Santiago International Airport. I would like to tell you that they heard of Nathe’s and my exploits and have bumped me up to first class for the trip home. But if I did [...]

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