Rowing into the Son Four Young Men Crossing the North Atlantic

Name: Rowing into the Son Four Young Men Crossing the North Atlantic
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ISBN: 9781594856358

ISBN-10: 1594856354

ISBN-13: 9781594856358

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jordan Hanssen

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The daring true story of the first North Atlantic Rowing Race, and the endurance needed by a team of companions to row their way to victory across the Atlantic Ocean - Traces the struggle of the only American team competing in the first rowing race from New York to England - The four young rowers spent 72 days pulling across the ocean - Author leaves for another cross-Atlantic adventure in December 2012On June 10, 2006, college friends Dylan LeValley, Greg Spooner, Brad Vickers, and Jordan Hanssen stepped into a 29-foot rowboat as the only American competitors in the first North Atlantic Rowing Race, pulling across the northern ocean. From the first dreams of race planning to heaving…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date: 9/9/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.29" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Author's Note


Prologue


Map of 2006 North Atlantic Guinness Record Crossing






To the Sea



Inauspicious Starts



Risky Business



Goddamn Geniuses



Sponsorship, Training, and Countdown






Exposing Ourselves to the Sea



In the Hands of God



Leaving Ithaca



Low on Fuel






All about Recovery



Rowing the Ocean Is Not Enough



Ride It Like You Stole It



From Here to Eternity



Cleanliness Is Next to Hungriness






Visitation



Irregular Rowing Syndrome



Body and Boat Breakdown



The Madness of Captain Hanssen



Bottleneck






Birthday Treats



Food and Forgiveness



Ithaca



A Moment in Time



Transition to Land



A Mile Is Better Than None at All



Dream Boat






Dirty Thirty



Still at Sea



The Agony and the Ecstasy



LAND!



The Mountaintop


Epilogue