![]() The trip nearly killed Roosevelt, then in his 50s. Before it was over, the explorers would face deadly rapids, Indian attacks, disease, starvation and a murderer within their own ranks. Roosevelt and his team joined forces with Brazil's most famous explorer, Candido Rondon. The trip went from tour to survival contest when Brazil's minister of foreign affairs told Roosevelt about "an unknown river" worth exploring: Rio da Duvida, the River of Doubt. What looked in the planning stages like a leisurely regional tour ended up a harrowing trek through the wildest, darkest heart of Brazil's uncharted Amazonian forest. And it would give the famous outdoorsman a chance to kick around the mysterious Amazon River basin. ![]() A trip to South America, where his son Kermit lived, seemed like just the thing to take Roosevelt's mind off his political troubles. ![]()
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