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A pair of intrepid adventurers who set off on a charity trek to explore a little-known river route alongside the Amazon have split up after completing only an eighth of the journey.

The Guardian reports that they were prepared for "everything from piranhas to Andean peaks and Maoist revolutionaries... but they could not prepare for something a little more prosaic - falling out over an MP3 player."

Things went horribly wrong when Ed Stafford, 32, accused Luke Collyer, 37, of not getting him the MP3 player he had requested to be sent over in a package from home. Now Collyer is in Lima awaiting a flight back to the UK while Stafford is hacking his way through dense Peruvian jungle alone, and he's advertising for a new companion:

"Must have GSOH, no fear of snakes or gun-toting guerrillas, have three months to spare, an interest in the environment and an ability to walk long distances without asking 'are we nearly there yet?'"

Travelling with friend is intense - I'll give them that - but this seems a little crazy. You'd think if you signed up for 3 months alone in remote forest together you'd make sure you were buddies first?

Have you ever travelled with mates only to find it blowing up in your face? And if you happened to be doing it for charity like these guys(!), what did you do about that broken promise?
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