Man Vs Ocean: A Toaster Salesman Who Sets Out to Swim the World’s Deadliest Oceans and Change His Life For Ever
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (912 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1784184160 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 274 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A true inspiration." —Mark Foster, six time swimming world champion
In 2007, Adam, then a toaster salesman, saw a film about a man attempting to swim the English Channel and change his life in doing so. Always intriguing, sometimes terrifying, and occasionally very funny, Adam's story is about sport in its truest form: rather than competitions between teams and individuals, it is about man against nature—and against his own failings and demons. Inspired by this, he decided to try to emulate the feat. Whether man would triumph over ocean, or fail in the attempt, forms the core of this extraordinary autobiography. At first it seemed that injury would prevent Adam from participating but, ignoring medical advice, he developed an innovative technique—the Ocean Walker stroke—that would enable him to continue with the ultimate aim of completing this seemingly impossible feat. Shortly afterwards, the Ocean's Seven challenge was born, a grueling equivalent to the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. It is not a test for the faint-hearted: swimmers face freezing temperatures, huge swells and treacherous currents, potentially deadly marine life (from sharks to Portuguese men o' war), vomiting and burning off a week's calories in a single swim. After a year of rigorous training without a coach—his first open-water swim was in 9 degrees and he nearly