Without a Paddle: Racing Twelve Hundred Miles Around Florida by Sea Kayak (original 2010; edition 2010)

by Warren Richey

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Christian Science monitor reporter Richey enters the first Ultimate Florida Challenge kayak race to get his bearings after a difficult divorce. The journey "pulls Richey back to when he was embedded with troops in Iraq, reporting on missing children, and hiking the mountains of Montana with his son." This memoir shares the physical and emotional journey he went through during the grueling, 24 hours-a-day race.… (more)

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Title:	Without a Paddle: Racing Twelve Hundred Miles Around Florida by Sea Kayak
Authors:	Warren Richey
Info:	St. Martin's Press (2010), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 352 pages
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Without a Paddle: Racing Twelve Hundred Miles Around Florida by Sea Kayak by Warren Richey (2010)

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Another in my "Who Knew?" category !
Who knew you could race AROUND Florida ? (Well, I guess there is a 40 mile portage - and that was done on-foot!)
Interesting adventure - you'll get tired, tired, tired of all the paddling you're doing with the author.
Loved it !
Read in 2011. (

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At night, alone in the boat, everything seems dangerous. No margin for error. Clouds blot out the stars. No moon. The water, the horizon, the air itself is black and empty. Dry land is a notion somewhere to my left. Navigation is by feel and sound, accepting whatever is offered within the sweep and swell of the sea. The sluggish gurgle at the bow tells me to pick up the pace.

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Christian Science monitor reporter Richey enters the first Ultimate Florida Challenge kayak race to get his bearings after a difficult divorce. The journey "pulls Richey back to when he was embedded with troops in Iraq, reporting on missing children, and hiking the mountains of Montana with his son." This memoir shares the physical and emotional journey he went through during the grueling, 24 hours-a-day race.

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