Author Description

This illustrated book about the incredible 91-day adventure undertaken by John Ridgway and Chay Blyth. A battle against superhuman odds. A smack in the eye for those who say the spirit of adventure is dead. Marvellously free of heroics, most of it was sheer hell. They were cold, ill, cramped, lonely and frightened, tormented by despair and at one point on the verge of starvation. Supremely interesting... not only as a factual account of a physical ordeal but also for the psychological insight it offers. They set out to row across the Atlantic because they wanted to. An ambition to be called a little mad, perhaps. But it is a form of madness to make one proud of human beings.