Ash Dykes sets world record with Suriname kayak adventure

Once back in their kayaks, they travelled another 500km (310 miles) to the Atlantic ocean.

They slept in their kayaks or on sand banks at night.

“We would stop about two hours before sunset, hang up the hammocks, get ready and then we would start fishing,” Ash said.

They caught piranha, wolf fish, sting ray, which they ate along with adventure food rations, and drank water from the river.

“We were borderline starving,” he said.

We would be burning about 6,000 to 7,000 calories and some days we would take in 600 to 1,000 calories.”

They had just four table spoons of oats for breakfast, shared a bag of peanuts on a six-hour hike and then ate lentils in the evening when they could not catch fish.

“I’ve never thought about food so much in my life,” he added.