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Latest Messages from the Expedition

 

Day 30 - 10th August 2001
We will be updating the web site with more pics from the Lost World over the next 2 weeks, so log in to www.lostworld2001.org. Thx and CYA.. DX

Day 30 - 10th August 2001
JungleTXT is now over. Did U Njoy it? Could we improve it next time? Text your feedback to 07855 940528, starting your msg with JNGLQS. Thx for listening..DX

Day 29 - 9th August 2001
Arrived back in UK. Spent all day ystday doing TV & press interviews in Cuiaba, check press release on website for why. Brazilian GMTV was gr8. lst msg 2moro DX

Day 28 - 8th August 2001
arrivd Cuiaba to meet Govenor & do packed pres conf. On TV 2night, 1/2 hr GMTV slot live 2moro. *DX

Day 26 - 6th August 2001
Sim back safely, jeep stuck in swamp. Arrved back base camp to heroes welcme. Will go to Cuiaba 2day 2 meet press & gov. More l8R DX

Day 25 - 5th August 2001
Sim missing ! Went off 4 5 mins in jeep & not returned 8 hrs l8r. Stuck & worried. DX

Day 24 - 4th August 2001
Met some fisherman & decided to hitch a lift back to base camp. Should be back 2night expedition completed. :) DX

Day 23 - 3rd August 2001
Hitched a lift upriver today. Stopped at a farmstead. Farmer told us of 30ft anaconda and said we should move - too dangerous. Camped further upstream. DX

Day 21 - 1st August 2001
No longer alone, in mddle of jngle the press hve trcked us down & we R now giving interviews and posing for pics. Wan2capic C website. DX

Day 20 - 31st July 2001
Arrvd in Anaconda cntry, mst be wary. Today we go to search for the big 1. Send us a reply with a guess how long u think the biggest snake will be. DX

Day 18 - 29th July 2001
Big scare lst nght, tapir invaded camp, big but hrmlss. Frosty mting with drug rners, outnumbrd, outguned, we got past quick. DX

Day 17 - 28th July 2001
Fish supper at lst. Dj & me netted five biggins and Badu cooked em up. Got very cold (ceruzo), but relief from heat and bites. Any news on footy transfers ? DX

Day 16 - 27th July 2001
Being watched ! Lrge Jaguar following us footprints around camp. Electric eel and sting wrays in river. Fires in distance, Indians or gold miners? scary! DX

Day 15 - 26th July 2001
Had a visitor in the camp last night. World's lgst RAT the capybara, as big as a sheep. Making progress up river, 10 rapids today. Went to Bolivia 10 times. DX

Day 14 - 25th July 2001
At lst we reach the Rio Verde. A gr8 way to C the jngle. Multi colored birds, otters & a river full of fish. Ants ate our tent ! :) DX

Day 12 - 23rd July 2001
Thnks for help. Got down this morning thru caves. Dark & bats like pterodactyls. Resting in canyon, will build canoe and start on river 2moro. Pics on website. DX

Day 11 - 22nd July 2001
Have made a map & sent it to website. Looking for ideas to get out. Any suggestions? Will try escape 2moro. BBFN DX

Day 10 - 21st July 2001
Managed to get to edge of plateau, but no way down. Sim DJ & Badu looking for escape route, ankle swollen. Pic of camp on website. :-S DX

Day 9 - 20th July 2001
Problem! Ankle gave way ca'nt walk. Stuck in the midle of the lst wrld. Need to find a way out! :-( :-( DX

Day 8 - 19th July 2001
Making gd progrss thru this unseen land. Hot exausted & tired. Got a gun, but not shot anything yet, jst rice & beans evry day. CU DX

Day 7 - 18th July 2001
Hi, thx for the txt mmsgs, keep um coming. Chk out our dinner guest ^0^ in the gallery www.lostworld2001.org in gal. Sim burnt shoe in fire. oops l8r DX

Day 6 - 17th July 2001
Hello, nice to be back, lst 2 days have been beastly. 2day we finally made the Jabaru falls. Beautiful ! We are exausted & only made 6 miles in 2 days DX

Day 5 - 15th July 2001
Finlly off. All in gd spirits. So far, seen Parrots, mkeys, owls n hawks. DJ slipped off edj of cliff but savd by tree. Cmpng on edj of 200ft waterfall. L8r DX

Day 4 - 14th July 2001
Last day b4 the off. Fnalisng supplies n no of porters. Woke up 2 sunrise over Lst Wrld, spectacular, wonder what well find? Will text U from the top 2moro. DX

Day 3 - 13th July 2001
Arrved Base Camp after 2 days trvl. Exp party: - DJ the photog, Sim the writer n Badu our guide. Off to lst wrld Sun. DJ desp to no who's out in Big Brov. DX

Day 2 - 12th July 2001
England we have landed ! 1st scare story, 25' maneating Anaconda reported in our vacinity. Will arrive basecamp 2moro. mre on web. SIT DX

Day 1 - 11th July 2001
This is it, now somewhere above Atlantic on route to lstwrld. Next msg from Brazil. L8r DX

 

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Simon Chapman - SIM
Derek Roddenburg - DX
Dave Clark - DJ

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