Rowing into the Son : Four Young Men Crossing the North Atlantic

by Hanssen, Jorden

• ISBN13: 9781594856358
• ISBN10: 1594856354
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-01
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books

Summary

On June 10, 2006, four college friends stepped into a 29-foot rowboat as the only American competitors in the first North Atlantic Rowing Race.

Author Biography

Jordan Hanssen will next row the mid-Atlantic from Africa to South America. He lives in Seattle.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. 9
Prologue	p. 11
Map of 2006 North Atlantic Guinness Record Crossing	p. 14
	p. 17
To the Sea	p. 18
Inauspicious Starts	p. 27
Risky Business	p. 33
Goddamn Geniuses	p. 37
Sponsorship, Training, and Countdown	p. 47
	p. 59
Exposing Ourselves to the Sea	p. 60
In the Hands of God	p. 67
Leaving Ithaca	p. 77
Low on Fuel	p. 89
	p. 95
All about Recovery	p. 96
Rowing the Ocean Is Not Enough	p. 103
Ride It Like You Stole It	p. 107
From Here to Eternity	p. 115
Cleanliness Is Next to Hungriness	p. 121
	p. 129
Visitation	p. 130
Irregular Rowing Syndrome	p. 135
Body and Boat Breakdown	p. 141
The Madness of Captain Hanssen	p. 147
Bottleneck	p. 155
	p. 163
Birthday Treats	p. 164
Food and Forgiveness	p. 171
Ithaca	p. 177
A Moment in Time	p. 183
Transition to Land	p. 189
A Mile Is Better Than None at All	p. 195
Dream Boat	p. 201
	p. 205
Dirty Thirty	p. 206
Still at Sea	p. 215
The Agony and the Ecstasy	p. 223
LAND!	p. 231
The Mountaintop	p. 239
Epilogue	p. 249
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