Swimming for 9 Weeks - with Piranhas

Martin Strel swam 3,272 miles in 9 weeks to set a world record for distance swimming. He endored exhaustion, nausea, dizziness, sunburn, delirium, - and piranhas swimming down the Amazion River. Strel i s 52 years old and has already set three world records. He suffered second-degree sun burns, swollen eyes, larvae infections, and abrasions from his wet suit on the first couple of days he was swimming. At that point you would have to be insane to keep swimming. But all that didn't stop Strel. He then ran into piranhas that eat flesh, toothpick fish that suck blood, and bull sharks - and that didn't stop him either. He swam for NINE WEEKS, that's 3 months straight. This story just got stranger and stranger the more I read, but the most bizarre thing is that somehow this guy managed to survive.

Here's the story:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5191704