The Crossing

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When James Cracknell & Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew what awaited them: nearly three thousand miles of empty ocean, stormy weather & 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. & as their epic journey would became at times a living hell testing the strength of every fibre of their being, winning the race was clearly the least of their worries... Yet, forty seven days later, James & Ben were the first pair to cross the finishing line, overtaking one of the fourman teams in the process, & becoming the first British pair ever to win the race. They had pushed themselves physically, psychologically & emotionally to the limit. They survived without water rations, lost the few clothes they had, capsized, hallucinated, wept, fought, played games, grown beards, nursed blisters & rowed a staggering 2, 930 miles. The Crossing is the extraordinarily honest account of James & Ben`s epic race. From cooking in a force eight gale & rubbing cream into one another`s blisters to swimming with whales & believing your partner has drowned. They are never going to be the same again.