Dare to do - Sarah Outen

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR

On
1 April 2011, rower and adventurer Sarah Outen set off in her kayak
from Tower Bridge for France. Her aim was simple: to circle the globe
entirely under her own steam - cycling, kayaking and rowing across
Europe, Asia, the Pacific, North America, the Atlantic and eventually
home. A year later, Sarah was plucked from the Pacific ocean amid
tropical storm Mawar, her boat broken, her spirit even more so.


But that wasn't the end. Despite ill health and depression, giving up
was not an option. So Sarah set off once more to finish what she had
started, becoming the first woman to row solo from Japan to Alaska, as
well as the first woman to row the mid-Pacific from West to East. She
kayaked the treacherous Aleutian chain and cycled North America, before
setting out on the Atlantic, despite the risk of another row-ending
storm...

Dare to Do is more than an adventure story. It is
a story of the kindness of strangers and the spirit of travel; a story
of the raw power of nature, of finding love in unexpected places, and of
discovering your inner strength. It is about trying and failing, and
trying again, and about how, even when all seems lost, you can find
yourself.