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| Marc Meyers, a professor of mechanical technology scientific discipline hither at the Jacobs School, shown at the laid out of his trip upward the River of Doubt. Courtesy Jeffrey Lehmann. |
Meyers is traveling amongst UC San Diego alum in addition to documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Lehmann. They accept sent 2 dispatches from their trip to UT San Diego.
In his most recent dispatch, Meyers recounts their encounter amongst the local Cinta Larga Indians:
We were descending the river later on the Naivete falls when nosotros were met past times a ability boat carrying six (Cinta Larga) Indians. They did non answer to our friendly greetings in addition to i of them photographed us. Upon arrival at the Cinta Larga Village, Sargent Douglas, our contact inward Vilhena, told us that at that spot was trouble. Soon an Indian wearing a plumage headband in addition to followed past times a grouping of children crossed the bridge. Joao Brabo ( Mean John) faced us and, amongst a stern posture, stated a long discourse inward his native language, staring at us amongst anger in addition to contempt. |We did non empathize the words merely the musical note was clear. We did non accept the correct to invade his lands.The coming together resulted inward a 100-mile detour for Meyers in addition to Lehman, who run on their journey.
Their outset dispatch, written past times Lehman, describes around of the other difficulties they encountered, including torrential pelting in addition to rapids.
The afternoon brought mosquitoes in addition to bees to annoy us in addition to nosotros fix military camp inward the clearing, later on assembling our Pak Canoe. We got upward at daybreak in addition to initiated a descent inward a narrow in addition to unsafe stream. The river, less than 10 yards inward near places, was littered amongst fallen trees in addition to branches. This required constant navigation in addition to to a greater extent than than i brush amongst a perilous branch that could easily accept punctured our canoe or toppled whatever of our watercraft. Every straightaway in addition to therefore a buritizinho (palm tree) lay across the stream, exhaling a sweetness essence. Macaws flew over us periodically, in addition to the birds were the same ones that Roosevelt had reported.We can't expect for the side past times side installment of their adventures. Sumber http://jacobsschoolofengineering.blogspot.com/