On Celtic Tides: One Man's Journey Around Ireland by Sea Kayak
by Chris Duff
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A sea kayak battles the freezing Irish waters as the morning sun rises out of the countryside. On the western horizon is the pinnacle of Skellig Michael-700 feet of vertical rock rising out of exploding seas. Somewhere on the isolated island are sixth-century monastic ruins where the light of civilization was kept burning during the Dark Ages by early Christian Irish monks. Puffins surface a few yards from the boat, as hundreds of gannets wheel overhead on six foot wing spans. The ocean show more rises violently and tosses paddler and boat as if they were discarded flotsam. This is just one day of Chris Duff's incredible three month journey. show lessTags
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This is a beautifully written book but assumes the reader knows an awful lot about sea kayaking which often left me scrambling to look things up or frustrated that I didn't understand. Most of what I enjoyed about this book was the way the people of Ireland welcomed Mr Duff along the way.
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Chris Duff has traveled more than 15,000 miles by sea kayak since 1983. In 1996 he became the first person to solo the entire British Isles, and in 2000 he became the second person to complete a solo circumnavigation of New Zealand's South Island. He has contributed to Sea Kayaker magazine
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- Original publication date
- 1999
- People/Characters
- Chris Duff
- Epigraph
- We shall not cease from exploration /
And the end of all our exploring /
Will be to arrive where we started /
And know the place for the first time.
[T. S. Eliot] - Dedication
- this book is dedicated with love to my mother and father
- First words
- In the grey of dawn,I rooled over in the sleeping bag and slowly came out of my dream world.
Classifications
- Genres
- Travel, Nonfiction, Sports and Leisure, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 914.1504 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Europe British Isles, UK, Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland Ireland subdivisions and modified standard subdivisions Travel; guidebooks
- LCC
- GV776.467 .I74 .D84 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Sports Water sports: Canoeing, sailing, yachting, scuba
- BISAC
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- (3.67)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
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