Two Polish brothers set out earlier this fall to bike the length of the Amazon River, . Using pontoons to ride over the water when land travel becomes impassible, Hubert Kisinski and Dawid Andres officially began their journey on September 7 in Camana, Peru. They expect to complete the trip in March, according to a family friend.
According to their website, if successful, the pair will be the first to bike from the river’s source at Mount Mismi in Peru to the Atlantic Ocean.
“He’s [Andres] always been a seeker of adventure of some off-the-wall things,” James Medved, whose company, Kent Pediatrics, is sponsoring the trip, told ϳԹ on Tuesday.
According to the , the men have never attempted a bicycle trip, traveled to Peru or Brazil, or visited a jungle. Both are married with children.
“We wanted this very much,” Andres wrote on their site, “and this has been sitting in our hearts for many years.”