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Race to Dakar by Charley Boorman
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Race to Dakar (edition 2008)

by Charley Boorman, Ewan McGregor (Foreword)

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In January 2006, 230 people raced in trucks, cars and motorbikes from Lisbon to Dakar in the 28th annual Dakar rally - the most dangerous race in the world. Taking part was a team of three bikers: Matt Hall, Simon Pavey ... and actor and bike nut Charley Boorman. After his celebrated trip round the world with Ewan McGregor, documented in the No.1 bestselling book LONG WAY ROUND, Charley was keen for another challenge. Racing in the Dakar had always been a dream of his, and so it was the obvious choice for a new adventure. Supported by Australian champion biker Simon Pavey and experienced British biker Matt Hall, Charley attempted to do what many professional bikers have failed to do -- to compete in the Dakar rally, the most challenging race in existence. His book details his extraordinary adventures, and those of his fellow bikers, and also explores the history of this most dramatic and romantic of races. From Portugal through Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea and Senegal, it also provides a unique look at the countries hosting the rally. It is an exhilarating and fitting sequel to LONG WAY ROUND.… (more)
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Title:Race to Dakar
Authors:Charley Boorman
Other authors:Ewan McGregor (Foreword)
Info:Little, Brown Book Group (2008), Paperback, 320 pages
Collections:Your library, Read but unowned
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Fascinating account of the 2006 Race to Dakar and all its pitfalls. Interesting to hear the mixed experiences and thoughts of members of the team - both good and bad for economies, environment etc ( )
  cbinstead | Jan 20, 2016 |
It is worth remembering in reading this book that it is marketed alongside a DVD and a T-shirt because one has the impression that it is more or less a "word dump", i.e. that Charley and his mates recorded their stories, then passed them along to ghost writer Robert Uhlig to craft something serviceable. Uhlig did create a book that reads reasonably well, though it helped that the engine driving the book is this insanely frantic race, "the Dakar". Despite the book's modest ambitions and the fact that it is basically an enjoyable read, there is the problem that one can learn more about the Dakar from a glance at wikipedia than from Race to Dakar's almost 300 pages. Would it have killed them to do some research and to interweave the result into this tale of endless bike spills and equipment malfunctions? Yes it has to be about these details but without some larger exposition and narrative it can read like just so much sound and fury. Boorman and his team made an extraordinary effort to get to Dakar. With a fraction of that effort they could have made this more than the literary equivalent of a T-shirt. ( )
  maritimer | May 27, 2012 |
Reasonably interesting, but a tad repetitive. Only so many ways to describe the impressive amount of endurance, technique and willpower needed to complete the race.Became more interesting when the different riders had their own perspectives. Think it would work better as a documentary. ( )
  mearso | Feb 1, 2010 |
Great book to accompany the TV series- Charley and his team gives an amazing account of what it's like to ride in the Dakar. LIght reading, but a great one. ( )
  birdsam0307 | Jan 24, 2008 |
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To Doone, Kinvara and Olivia for being there for me.

Also for Boubcar Diallo and Mohammed Ndaw, two spectators who were tragically killed on the rally. Our hearths go out to their families and friends.

And Andy Caldecott, who lost his life in this year's rally, and for all those brave riders that fell before him.
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We were in an office somewhere, and our book had just been brought into the room. (Foreword by Ewan McGregor)
It's early in the morning of New Year's Eve and I am climbing into a taxi outside a luxury hotel in Lisbon, feeling strangely calm.
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The book of the TV series. Please do not combine with the DVD.
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In January 2006, 230 people raced in trucks, cars and motorbikes from Lisbon to Dakar in the 28th annual Dakar rally - the most dangerous race in the world. Taking part was a team of three bikers: Matt Hall, Simon Pavey ... and actor and bike nut Charley Boorman. After his celebrated trip round the world with Ewan McGregor, documented in the No.1 bestselling book LONG WAY ROUND, Charley was keen for another challenge. Racing in the Dakar had always been a dream of his, and so it was the obvious choice for a new adventure. Supported by Australian champion biker Simon Pavey and experienced British biker Matt Hall, Charley attempted to do what many professional bikers have failed to do -- to compete in the Dakar rally, the most challenging race in existence. His book details his extraordinary adventures, and those of his fellow bikers, and also explores the history of this most dramatic and romantic of races. From Portugal through Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea and Senegal, it also provides a unique look at the countries hosting the rally. It is an exhilarating and fitting sequel to LONG WAY ROUND.

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