10/03 - 2001
Adventurous of the area walks for the coast of Brazil
Marcos Schiripa

Of the Diary of Great ABC

The adventurer Dan Robson Dias, 31 years, it retakes on Monday your pilgrimage for the coast of Brazil. He will travel to foot the whole coast of States of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo.

This is the second phase of São Bernardo's plastic artist's challenge, that intends to become the first man (the history doesn't register such feat) to outline the Brazilian coast walking.

Dan Robson's expedition began in December 31 of last year, in the beach of Barra of Chuí, in Rio Grande do Sul.

In this first phase, he traveled fence 1,3 thousand km, also going by States of Santa Catarina and Paraná, arriving Iguape even, already in São Paulo. All this in 50 days. " Those first kilometers (the course will have a total of 8 thousand km) they were desgastantes, I lost six kilos.

That stopped was also to recover physically ", it counted Dan Robson, highlighting, however, that in any moment thought about giving up. After 15 days of rest, he resumes the adventure in the morning on Monday in the city of Iguape, boundary of São Paulo with Paraná.

The plastic artist will be walking in the sand of the beaches to arrive to the state of Bahia, when she will make another stop. I should travel the Southeast in two months ", foresees the adventurer.

After more this stage, he comes back to São Paulo for more two weeks of rest. The challenge continues in July, this time for the beaches of the Northeast and of the North of the country.

This itinerary will also be made by stages. The adventure finishes in the boundary of Amapá with French Guiana, according to Dan Robson, on December 31. I am taking escalade equipments and dive to use in the hillsides. That is the diferencial of my trip.

Several people already traveled the coast of Brazil, but inserting spaces of sand and highway. I will just be walking in the sands and challenging the hillsides ", it detaches the plastic artist, that last year it accomplished survival courses in the jungle, during your preparation. According to the cronograma, the adventurer will be walking between 6:00 and 9:00 of the morning and 15:00 and 18:00. The intention is to flee of the strong " sun.

In the rest period it will make a research work. In beginning, the plastic artist intended to execute the project without scales. But, as along the adventure it is gathering information for an university of the capital and serving of a type of psychology students' guinea-pig, it opted to divide her.

At the end of the adventure, he intends to write a book. Meanwhile, Dan Robson counts details of your expedition in the site (www.danrobson.com.br).