Big River Man Page #2

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In 2002 endurance swimmer

Martin Strel took it on.

He swam the entire length

from the Minnesota

to the gulf of Mexico.

A long the way,

Strel battle strong currents

deadly whirlpools

and wishes storms.

starting his record swim

Strel reach the

gulf of Mexico.

Besides be an swimmer

my father has a day job

is a flamenco guitar teacher.

Before that he was a

professional gambler

but that was

before I was born.

KONGO CASINO,

LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

Martin likes to say something

over and over again.

One of this is

if you work you got money

if you not work no money.

I have been professional

gambler, yes

but for that you must

stay here over the night.

I put here 1000 dollars.

If it will be black

It's very simple.

Before I was a swimmer

I was a gambler.

Now I gamble with my life.

Martin was bitten

very badly as a child.

He says that's way

he is able to endure

such an extreme pain.

He promised him self

he would never treat

me at same.

Instead he battle

demons at the rivers.

DANUBE 2000,

MISSISSIPPI 2002,

YANGTZE 2004,

To swim the Amazon

is almost 1000 miles

further then the Yangtze.

It will be the longest,

most dangerous

swimming in history.

My father always told me

that someday he's

going to be somebody.

But he never knew

what to call him self

that people would

remember his name.

I told him

you are Martin Strel.

You are the big river man.

Self pictures presents

in association with

EARTHWORKS FILMS

MARTIN STREL:

in

BIG RIVER MAN:

SLOVENIA:

Lipizzaner horse demonstration

in honor of Martin

AMAZON SWIM:

ATLANTIS, WATER PARK

SLOVENIA, LJUBLJANA

This is Atlantis

where Martin has a free

membership here

for the rest of his life.

He's the only

person in Slovenia

with this and the

really in the whole world.

He's like a mascot for them

because of his extreme

achievements

go with the

fact that Atlantis

is the largest

indoor water park

in the whole Europe.

This is where you

can find Martin always

Martin trains every days in

a swimming pool for 5 hours.

He swims 4 km

one hour in the pool

so he's training

At the end of the day

he spends time

some tanning

and tubing at the Atlantis

water slides.

Martin's physical training

is very important.

but his mental training

is maybe even more

important than that.

POSTOJNA CAVE,

SLOVENIA:

This is way Martin has

been spending

the whole summer

underground.

He has a special

password

from the Slovenian

government

to enter into a giant cave.

He just typed on his PDA

and the door just open.

Martin does this

it get closer

to the underground

animals.

And I think he's

looking kind of

for a passion how

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