Helen Skelton completes Amazon adventure

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Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton has completed a 2,000-mile kayak trip along the Amazon for Sport Relief.

The 26-year-old was greeted by cheers and celebratory gunfire as she crossed the finish line in Almerim, Brazil.

Skelton has clocked up 2,010 miles since she set off on her solo journey from Natua in Peru on 20 January.

The BBC star, who had never been in a kayak before training, broke two world records as she became the first woman to paddle the length of the river.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8541832.stm

For those who don't know Blue Peter is a children's TV program. I posted this out of both general interest and the fact that I'm seriously impressed - 2010 miles in 6 weeks !