{"id":31770,"date":"2024-08-22T15:23:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mensfitness.co.uk\/?p=31770"},"modified":"2024-08-22T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:23:44","slug":"ash-dykes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mensfitness.co.uk\/features\/ash-dykes\/","title":{"rendered":"We speak to adventurer Ash Dykes as he prepares for another journey into the unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

British adventurer and extreme athlete Ash Dykes<\/a> is setting off on his latest expedition \u2013 ‘Uncharted: Suriname’ \u2013 to map the course of the\u00a0Coppename River, in the rainforest-covered South American nation of Suriname.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 33-year-old is flying by helicopter into the jungle with two wildlife experts and a cameraman, each carrying their supplies and an inflatable canoe. They will then find the source of the river and follow it for 400 kilometres, through the thick jungle to the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is Dykes\u2019 fourth major expedition. In the past ten years he has walked solo unsupported across the Gobi Desert; across Madagascar, via its eight highest peaks; and 4,000 miles along the course of the Yangtze River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During previous expeditions he has nearly died from malaria, been held at gunpoint, hidden from armed bandits, crossed crocodile-infested rivers, been bitten by spiders and leeches, and survived landslides, rapid wolves, bears, dog attacks, and blizzards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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