000 01777cam a22002897a 4500
001 14806302
003 OSt
005 20130821164759.0
008 130114s2013 stk 000 0 eng d
015 _aGBB304180
_2bnb
016 7 _a016252700
_2Uk
020 _a9781846972508 (pbk.)
020 _a1846972507 (pbk.)
035 _a(eLGAR).b27434175
035 _a(OCoLC)824726703
040 _aUKMGB
_beng
_cUKMGB
_dOCLCO
082 0 4 _a797.123092
_223
100 1 _aAdair, James,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRowing after the white whale :
_ba crossing of the Indian Ocean by hand /
_cby James Adair.
263 _a201304.
300 _ap. cm.
520 _a"'Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut' - Ernest Hemingway Over a boozy Sunday lunch, flatmates James Adair and Ben Stenning made a promise to row across the ocean. At first they considered the Pacific, then the Atlantic, but once James Cracknell and Ben Fogle completed the high-profile Atlantic Rowing Race, their thoughts turned to the Indian Ocean, longer and tougher than the Atlantic and having seen fewer people row across its waters than have walked on the Moon. After years of planning and fund raising, they are ready to launch in Spring 2011. Neither James nor Ben had any rowing or sailing experience. To add to this, James had contracted Guillain-Barre syndrome at the age of 14, which had locked his body into total paralysis for three months (while his mind had remained completely active) and which had left him with paralysed feet. This was a challenge that neither man should have ever considered." --Publisher description.
600 1 0 _aAdair, James.
600 1 0 _aStenning, Ben.
650 0 _aRowing
_zIndian Ocean.
942 _2ddc
_cNONFIC
999 _c30311
_d30311