Chased by a Jaguar in the Heart of the Amazon
The longer we\u2019re stuck at home, sheltering in place, the greater our hunger for tales of far-flung journeys. For this week\u2019s episode, we\u2019re offering one of our favorite adventure stories from our archives, about a daring crew of twentysomethings who, back in 1970, had a crazy idea to canoe remote rivers though the Amazon Basin. Their half-baked plan was to hunt, fish, and forage for food until it wasn\u2019t fun anymore. They had no jungle experience and few supplies beyond a machete and a small rifle. Not surprisingly, they ran into all sorts of trouble\u2014including a hungry jaguar who chased them up a tree.