10/26/2002: Mild litter problem
 

http://cellar.org/2002/ecuadorriver.jpg

And you think you have a litter problem. This guy is "floating" down a river in Ecuador, although it looks like it could be much faster just to walk.

This one is another German translation, by chance, and the German Yahoo! page describes the river as "verdreckten". That sounds accurate although I don't know what it means.

Imagine all the stuff that isn't floating. ...yeech!
I'll give you a dollar to swim across it.

That would really suck if he fell over.

What's he doing there? Looks like maybe he's looking for useable/saleable stuff.

useable/saleable/edible

He's probably pushing rather than paddling.

edible? Yuck!

I bet if you got up a good head of steam you could run across it (it would take more than a buck to get me to try it though). Snowshoes might help also.