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Ed Stafford (born 26 December 1975) is an English explorer. He holds the Guinness World Record for being the first human ever to walk the length of the Amazon River.
Stafford was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England and raised in Leicestershire. He was adopted as a baby by Barbara and Jeremy Stafford, who were both solicitors in Leicestershire. It was after his expedition to the Amazon in 2010 that Stafford began a search for his biological parents, whom he managed to track with the help of his sister, Janie. Says Stafford upon the reason for searching for his biological family; “There had always been this background intrigue. I looked for my birth family, not because I needed new parents in my life, but because it’s just inherent to want to know.” From his biological family, he has two younger brothers. Ed was educated at Uppingham and was a cub and a scout in Leicestershire as a boy and considers it a key component in his upbringing that led him to a life as an expedition leader.
Coordinates: 52°48′24″N 2°07′02″W / 52.8066°N 2.1171°W / 52.8066; -2.1171
Stafford (/ˈstæfəd/) is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands of England. It lies approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of Wolverhampton, 18 miles (29 km) south of Stoke-on-Trent and 24 miles (39 km) north-west of Birmingham. The population in 2001 was 63,681 and that of the wider borough of Stafford 122,000, the fourth largest in the county after Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Stafford means 'ford' by a 'staithe' (landing place). The original settlement was on dry sand and gravel peninsula that provided a strategic crossing point in the marshy valley of the River Sow, a tributary of the River Trent. There is still a large area of marshland northwest of the town, which has always been subject to flooding, such as in 1947, 2000 and 2007.
It is thought Stafford was founded in about 700 AD by a Mercian prince called Bertelin who, according to legend, established a hermitage on the peninsula named Betheney or Bethnei. Until recently it was thought that the remains of a wooden preaching cross from this time had been found under the remains of St Bertelin's chapel, next to the later collegiate Church of St Mary in the centre of the town. Recent re-examination of the evidence shows this was a misinterpretation – it was a tree trunk coffin placed centrally in the first, timber, chapel at around the time Æthelflæd founded the burh, in 913 AD. The tree trunk coffin may have been placed there as an object of commemoration or veneration of St Bertelin.
Actors: Frederick Nah IV (miscellaneous crew), Frederick Nah IV (miscellaneous crew), Frederick Nah IV (actor), Leah Monet Johnson (actress), Shaun Clay (actor), Kris Valeriano (actor), Ottavio Lobefaro (actor), Ofu Obekpa (miscellaneous crew), Richard Cordero (actor), Ofu Obekpa (editor), Ofu Obekpa (producer), Ofu Obekpa (actor), Ofu Obekpa (writer), Jason Lau (director), Jason Lau (producer),
Plot: A young man, Manson, wants to be the best at Wing Chun kung fu by any means necessary. He comes to the school working as a live in student to substitute for his tuition. He experiences mysterious euphoric events that unfold before his own eyes. Due to the events, he takes actions to allow these dreams to manifest."
Genres: Action,Actors: Ellen Dubin (actress), Maury Chaykin (actor), Simon Reynolds (actor), Isai Rivera Blas (actor), Lori Hallier (actress), Andrew Gillies (actor), Joe Matheson (actor), David Bajurny (producer), Talia Russo (actress), Joe Costa (actor), Craig Lauzon (actor), Jeff Seymour (actor), Stefano DiMatteo (actor), Craig Snoyer (actor), Lorry Ayers (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery,Actors: Christine Gouze-Rénal (producer), Bernard Blier (actor), Marcel Dalio (actor), Gérard Darmon (actor), Michel Beaune (actor), Jacques Duby (actor), Roger Dumas (actor), André Falcon (actor), Georges Géret (actor), Roger Hanin (actor), Robert Hossein (actor), Robert Lombard (actor), Roger Hanin (director), Michel Peyrelon (actor), Hans Verner (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime,Actors: Ron Miller (producer), Eddie Byrne (actor), Buddy Baker (composer), Beatrice Dawson (costume designer), Patrick Barr (actor), Kurt Russell (actor), Tilly Day (miscellaneous crew), Alfred Burke (actor), Kevin Stoney (actor), Robert Butler (director), Hugh McDermott (actor), Peter Boita (editor), Niall Toibin (actor), Patrick Westwood (actor), Declan Mulholland (actor),
Plot: The Secret of Boyne Castle (television title) or Guns in the Heather (theatrical title) is a wild romp through late 1960's Ireland with two school chums being pursued by spies from an unknown state. The story opens with an automobile chase scene of a mortally wounded Irish underworld figure being chased by the spies. The chase ends at an upper class school where the spies will not of course follow the man they wounded onto the school grounds. The wounded man is looking for an American student at the school by the name of Rich Evans. With his dying breath, he tells Evans to look in, "...my room at Boyne Castle." Rich with his friend Sean O'Connor set off for Boyne Castle but on the way are kidnapped by the spies. They seem to feel that Evans knows something that his older brother Tom - who unbeknown st to Rich Evans is a secret agent - knows. The indignant younger Evans replies, "...Tom's a sales representative for steel company." Evans and O'Connor manage to escape from the "bad guys." Here is where the real fun begins. With the Irish countryside and highway system as a backdrop, a cross-country chase ensues of Evans and O'Connor being pursued by the spies. While continually getting into and then out of scrapes with them, Evans and O'Connor use considerable ingenuity to evade their pursuers. In one instance they attack their pursuers by dropping cannon balls from a glider. All the while Rich is wondering what his brother Tom's involvement in all this is. The "secret" of course lies at Boyne Castle.
Keywords: based-on-novel, castle, defection, dungeon, espionage, ireland, physicist, spy, student, touristActors: Ken Annakin (producer), Aldo Sambrell (actor), Charlotte Rampling (actress), Harry Andrews (actor), Edward Fox (actor), Marianne Stone (actress), Terence Alexander (actor), Yul Brynner (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Andrew Keir (actor), Jeremy Lloyd (actor), Maurice Denham (actor), Laurence Naismith (actor), Ken Annakin (director), John Scott (composer),
Plot: Superintendent Stafford of the United Provinces Police, has his men arrest an entire tribe on vague allegations of poaching and theft in British India. Their leader, Sultan, father of a young boy, Munnu, whose wife, Tara, is expecting their second child, is also arrested and held in a cell with criminals in Fort Najibabad. Sultan, Tara, and many others manage to break out, but Tara and the newborn both pass away. Sultan, with the help of his men, decides to revolt against the oppressive British - who create a mobile unit, led by Freddy Young, to counter this revolt as well as announce a reward of Rs.500.00 - but Sultan manages to elude them. Then amidst clashes between Freddy and Stafford, and the entry of Jane Stafford, it is made known that Sultan's tribe will be transported by train to a compound in Delhi. This news reaches Sultan and he prepares to attack the train and free his people - little knowing the trap he and his men will soon be walking in to.
Keywords: army, bald, bald-hero, bald-man, battle, battlefield, bayonet, british, british-accent, british-armyActors: Rita Webb (actress), Frank Forsyth (actor), Lloyd Lamble (actor), Cyril Smith (actor), Frank Thornton (actor), Grace Arnold (actress), Montgomery Tully (director), Edgar Lustgarten (actor), Alec C. Snowden (producer), James Eastwood (writer), Derek Holding (editor), Molly Weir (actress), Ivan Craig (actor), Jean Lodge (actress), Patricia Driscoll (actress),
Genres: Crime, Short,Actors: Tom Hanlon (actor), Walter Sande (actor), Granville Bates (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), Kirby Grant (actor), Arthur Q. Bryan (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), Si Jenks (actor), Tom Kennedy (actor), Donald Kerr (actor), Arthur Loft (actor), Robert McKenzie (actor), Mantan Moreland (actor), William Haade (actor), Grady Sutton (actor),
Plot: Joe Zany has been bashful around girls since he was a baby, and has violent spells of hiccuping when he is kissed by one. His father, utilities magnate J.B. Zany, calls in the services of escort bureau manager Bob Norman and offers him a fat fee if he can cure Joe. Learning that Joe isn't scared of old ladies, Bob takes him to a lake resort where there are many girls and tells him they are old ladies who have had face lifts. Neither Bob nor Joe know that J.B. is trying to buy all the property around the lake for an electric power project, and has two agents on the job, Stafford and Murph. Stafford is trying to persuade resort-owner Lois Marlow to sell out but she refuses, though her guests are leaving because there are no men around. She hells them that Joe is a millionaire playboy and the girls decide to stay and work their wiles on him. Stafford and Murph, anxious for the guests to leave so Lois will sell out, decide to try and scare Joe away.
Keywords: 1930s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, amateur-theater, b-movie, banker, boat, dynamite, escort-service, explosion, false-accusationActors: Sig Arno (actor), Herbert Evans (actor), Noah Beery Jr. (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Tommy Bond (actor), Stuart Erwin (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Gene Collins (actor), Maurice Costello (actor), Mickey Daniels (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), William Desmond (actor), Bobby Barber (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Billy Gilbert (actor),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Tom Walls (director), Henry B. Longhurst (actor), Alan Napier (actor), Evan Thomas (actor), Tom Walls (actor), D.J. Williams (actor), Ben Travers (writer), Reginald Tate (actor), Hubert Harben (actor), Ralph Lynn (actor), Gordon James (actor), Joan Marion (actress), Max Schach (producer), Romilly Lunge (actor), Joyce Barbour (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Wallace Bosco (actor), Gregory Scott (actor), Hubert Willis (actor), Edna Flugrath (actress), Harold M. Shaw (director), Lewis Gilbert (actor), Wyndham Guise (actor), Mercy Hatton (actress), Christine Rayner (actress), Florence Wood (actress), Egerton Castle (writer), Agnes Castle (writer),
Genres: Drama, Romance,A tour of the county town of Stafford. Great for shopping, historic buildings and a beautiful park with a fantastic children's play area. Oh, and don't forget the historic Stafford Castle (free entry!)
Güney Çin Adasında 5 Gün Sağ Kalmak - Ed Stafford Kurtuluş Öyküleri HD (Marooned) (Filippin) Duyuru : Ed Stafford 60 Gün Adada Videosu Kanala Yüklenecek https://www.facebook.com/DefecTV Ed Stafford'ın hayatta kalmak için hiçbir şeye ihtiyacı yok. Hiçbir ekipman, giysi veya yiyeceği olmadan bırakıldığı ıssız adada 60 gün geçirdi. Altı bölümden oluşan yeni seri Ed Stafford ile Kurtuluş Öyküleri'nde ise, dünyanın en zorlu altı farklı bölgesinde tek başına hayatta kalmaya çalışacak.
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Ed Stafford Kurtuluş Öyküleri HD - Namibya (Marooned) https://www.facebook.com/DefecTV
Ed Stafford has had some interesting meals over the years during his travels. Here are some of the most extreme. Subscribe to Discovery TV for more great clips: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=DiscoveryTV Follow Discovery on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DiscoveryUK
Ed Stafford Kurtuluş Öyküleri HD - Norveçte (İskandinavya) 1 Hafta Sağ Kalmak (Marooned) Duyuru : Ed Stafford 60 Gün Adada Videosu Kanala Yüklenecek https://www.facebook.com/DefecTV Ed Stafford'ın hayatta kalmak için hiçbir şeye ihtiyacı yok. Hiçbir ekipman, giysi veya yiyeceği olmadan bırakıldığı ıssız adada 60 gün geçirdi. Altı bölümden oluşan yeni seri Ed Stafford ile Kurtuluş Öyküleri'nde ise, dünyanın en zorlu altı farklı bölgesinde tek başına hayatta kalmaya çalışacak.
7 Gün Afrikada Sağ Kalmak Ed Stafford Belgesel https://www.facebook.com/DefecTV Ed Stafford'ın hayatta kalmak için hiçbir şeye ihtiyacı yok. Hiçbir ekipman, giysi veya yiyeceği olmadan bırakıldığı ıssız adada 60 gün geçirdi. Altı bölümden oluşan yeni seri Ed Stafford ile Kurtuluş Öyküleri'nde ise, dünyanın en zorlu altı farklı bölgesinde tek başına hayatta kalmaya çalışacak.
Ed Stafford became the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon River in August 2010. His adventure has been described as one of the most dangerous and difficult expeditions ever undertaken encountering venomous snakes, severe floods, electric eels, jaguars and hostile local tribes, one of whom held him for questioning about the murder of one of their tribesman. Since returning home to the UK his story has featured in over 300 articles around the globe. Ed's Amazon accomplishment has been described by Sir Ranulph Fiennes as being "in the top league of expeditions past and present". In February 2011 Stafford was a nominee for the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2010 and then in March the same year he was awarded European Adventurer of the Year 2011. The Guinness Worl...
Virgin Books interview with Ed Stafford for his new book, Walking the Amazon, about his incredible journey as he became the first man in history to walk the entire length of the Amazon River. Sir Ranulph Fiennes described the achievement as "truly extraordinary".
Ed Stafford spent 60 days alone on a desert island after he arrived with no food, clothes or tools. He joined Ros Atkins on BBC World News explain how exactly he managed to do it.
Ed Stafford is an ex-military explorer and survivalist. His documentary debut 'Walking the Amazon' saw him complete a Guinness World Record as well as pave the way for a career in television. We spoke to Ed ahead of his appearance at his RTS Futures self-shooting masterclass.
This video was originally uploaded to Vimeo on August 13, 2010.
Guiness World Record Holding Adventurer of the Year, Ed will recount his epic journey though South America. Our theme of 'Challenging the Unknown' could not be better expressed by his title: Walking the Amazon.
Meet the first man to hike the entire length of the Amazon River. For more, click here: http://abcnews.go.com/International/ed-stafford-man-walk-length-amazon-river/story?id=11359196
In August 2010, Ed Stafford became the first known human to walk the Amazon from source to sea. The trek took him 860 days, and now he sits down with Josh . Adventurer Ed Stafford- interview. Guiness World Record Holding Adventurer of the Year, Ed will recount his epic journey though South America. Our theme of 'Challenging the Unknown' could . Ed Stafford became the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon River in August 2010. His adventure has been described as one of the most .
Ed Stafford talks about new book, Walking the Amazon. In April 2008, Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the River Amazon. Nearly two and a half years later, he had crossed the whole of South America to reach the mouth of the colossal river. With danger a constant companion - outwitting alligators, jaguars, pit vipers and electric eels, not to mention overcoming the hurdles of injuries and relentless tropical storms - Ed's journey demanded extreme physical and mental strength. Often warned by natives that he would die, Ed even found himself pursued by machete-wielding tribesmen and detained for murder. However, Ed's journey was an adventure with a purpose: to help raise people's awareness of environmental issues. Ed had unprecedented ...
Correction: I'm not running, not this time. My feet will be secured firmly by cement, and I will take the abuse courageously. Why the sudden change of heart? Well, I've realized that my eyes see your lips and send signals to my brain to get out of the way (of the oncoming steamrolling). [But my eyes cannot convince me to flee, because my pride has become the armor that surrounds me.] A snippet from the conversation: "wrap this microphone in gold because my words are a priceless treasure, and your mouth is a worthless pleasure." Normally, I'd expect nothing less. I am surely not myself today.