Book Description
Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew what awaited them: nearly
three thousand miles of empty ocean, stormy weather and colossal physical
stress. But as the security of dry land became a distant memory, the full
enormity of what they had committed themselves to became apparent: they
were surrounded by ocean on all sides, hundreds of miles from home, trapped
together in a tiny space for every waking moment. Winning the race was
clearly going to be the least of their worries.
Forty-nine days later Cracknell and Fogle were the first pair of rowers to
cross the finishing line. They had pushed themselves physically,
psychologically and emotionally to the limit. They survived without water
rations, lost the few clothes they had, capsized, hallucinated, wept,
fought, played games, grew beards, nursed blisters and rowed a staggering
2,930 miles.
The Crossing is the extraordinarily honest account of James and Ben's epic
race. From cooking in a force eight gale and rubbing cream into one
another's blisters to swimming with whales and believing your partner has
drowned, this unputdownable account takes the reader to the very heart of
James and Ben's journey: a race that forced both men to face the truth
about themselves.
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