Paul Rosolie
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He got this grin on his face.
He got this grin on his face.
He got this grin on his face.
Yeah. And if you notice, he came to the Amazon and he looked like Lex in his profile picture. And when he left the Amazon, he looked totally different. And that process is what happened. He said, I'm coming down. He's like, I want to do what you guys do. I want to go on a deep expedition.
Yeah. And if you notice, he came to the Amazon and he looked like Lex in his profile picture. And when he left the Amazon, he looked totally different. And that process is what happened. He said, I'm coming down. He's like, I want to do what you guys do. I want to go on a deep expedition.
Yeah. And if you notice, he came to the Amazon and he looked like Lex in his profile picture. And when he left the Amazon, he looked totally different. And that process is what happened. He said, I'm coming down. He's like, I want to do what you guys do. I want to go on a deep expedition.
And so me and JJ, who's the guy I work with down there, the local indigenous Esayaha native, who is the reason that I do the work I do, I support his work. And so we said, okay, what are we going to do? Let's find the wildest place we can think of. Let's go way up our river. So we're ready like two, if you take a boat from town, it's two days deep into the jungle to get there by river.
And so me and JJ, who's the guy I work with down there, the local indigenous Esayaha native, who is the reason that I do the work I do, I support his work. And so we said, okay, what are we going to do? Let's find the wildest place we can think of. Let's go way up our river. So we're ready like two, if you take a boat from town, it's two days deep into the jungle to get there by river.
And so me and JJ, who's the guy I work with down there, the local indigenous Esayaha native, who is the reason that I do the work I do, I support his work. And so we said, okay, what are we going to do? Let's find the wildest place we can think of. Let's go way up our river. So we're ready like two, if you take a boat from town, it's two days deep into the jungle to get there by river.
We said, let's go five more hours up river. leave the boat, and then we're going to go from our river up to this other tributary. And it's like 20 miles. I'm like, 20 miles, right? Fuck yes, it'll be fine. We got our backpacks, machetes. We get off the boat. And Lex is all good to go. The first five minutes we're out there, JJ machetes a branch that has wasps. Oh God.
We said, let's go five more hours up river. leave the boat, and then we're going to go from our river up to this other tributary. And it's like 20 miles. I'm like, 20 miles, right? Fuck yes, it'll be fine. We got our backpacks, machetes. We get off the boat. And Lex is all good to go. The first five minutes we're out there, JJ machetes a branch that has wasps. Oh God.
We said, let's go five more hours up river. leave the boat, and then we're going to go from our river up to this other tributary. And it's like 20 miles. I'm like, 20 miles, right? Fuck yes, it'll be fine. We got our backpacks, machetes. We get off the boat. And Lex is all good to go. The first five minutes we're out there, JJ machetes a branch that has wasps. Oh God.
His whole head and neck gets surrounded by wasps. He gets 30 stings on him and he runs. And so right away we're like, oh God, here we go. We had to use a stick to get his hat out from under where the wasps were attacking. We hike all day. And here's the thing. You think it's the rainforest. There's going to be water everywhere. There's no water.
His whole head and neck gets surrounded by wasps. He gets 30 stings on him and he runs. And so right away we're like, oh God, here we go. We had to use a stick to get his hat out from under where the wasps were attacking. We hike all day. And here's the thing. You think it's the rainforest. There's going to be water everywhere. There's no water.