E87: Shot And Left To Die in the Amazon
The Amazon Rainforest. The largest jungle on Earth. A place where rivers stretch for thousands of miles, where jaguars stalk silently through the shadows, where anacondas disappear beneath dark water, and where entire villages can be days away from the nearest hospital. For most people... Nature is the greatest threat. But sometimes... The most dangerous predator isn't hiding in the jungle. It's another human being. South African adventurer Davey du Plessis set out on an extraordinary mission—to kayak the mighty Amazon from its source high in the Andes all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. More than 4,000 miles through one of the wildest places on Earth. For nearly two months, everything went according to plan. Then, on one seemingly perfect afternoon, a strange bird began following his kayak. It landed. Waited. Flew ahead. And waited again. Davey had no idea... He was being watched. Moments later... A deafening blast ripped through the jungle. He plunged into the Amazon, unable to move his arms, convinced they'd been hacked off. When he finally reached the surface, there was no one in sight. Just silence. Then another shot. Bleeding from dozens of shotgun wounds, with pellets lodged in his face, lungs...and even his heart...Davey fled into one of the most unforgiving jungles on Earth. No map. No help. No way to call for rescue. Only one thought echoed through his mind... "This is where I'm going to die." But surviving the shooting... Was only the beginning. . Wilderness Bonescapes Outdoor Sales https://wildernessbonescapes.com/outdoor-stuff-on-sale . Audible https://www.amazon.com/hz/audible/arya/mlpencoding=UTF8&purchaseType=MTRIAL&linkCode=ll2&tag=wildernessbon-20&linkId=dbb68da43653929fb3e8e59c2c5c70fe&language=enUS&ref_=as_li_ss_tl . Amazon Music Unlimited https://www.amazon.com/music/unlimited?&linkCode=ll2&tag=wildernessbon-20&linkId=dadc11e13b402d23e3446ad1517a5dd4&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl . . . Sources: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes 3. https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/surviving-shooting-amazon/ 4. https://www.ybw.com/news-from-yachting-boating-world/mother-and-son-paddleboat-team-16359 5. https://explorersweb.com/amazon-left-for-dead-davey-du-plessis-next-adventure-with-his-mother-2015-11-19-41904/ 6. https://www.innercoaching.co.za/talkpossibility/surviving-getting-shot-in-the-amazon-davey-du-plessis/ 7. https://www.deseret.com/2012/8/27/20432148/south-african-adventurer-shot-in-peru/ 8. https://mh.co.za/this-guy-survived-a-shooting-in-the-amazon/ 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urubamba_River 10. Chat GPT was used to enhance this episode.