Summersdale

Synopsis

Each day as I pulled the oars in for the night, watching the water droplets drip off the blades and back into the ocean, I wondered at all the strokes they had taken and all the ones left ahead of us before we reached land. Thousands. Millions, perhaps? Each one was quite literally a dip in the ocean.

4,000 miles of unpredictable ocean
500 Chocolate bars
124 days of physical exertion
3 Guinness World Records set
1 incredible journey

On 1 April 2009, twenty-three-year-old Sarah Outen embarked on a solo voyage across the Indian Ocean in her rowing boat, Dippers. Powered by the grief of the sudden loss of her father and the determination to live life to the full, Sarah negotiated wild ocean storms, encounters with whales and the continuous threat of being capsized, losing 20 kg of her bodyweight before arriving in Mauritius. She became the first woman and the youngest person to row solo across the Indian Ocean.

 ‘Sarah’s row across the Indian Ocean should be recognised as one of the most inspired and tenacious expeditions of a generation’

Mark Beaumont, BBC Presenter and Round the World record holder

‘Sarah Outen's writing style is as charming as she is intrepid: as zesty as she is indomitable... her book sparkles and refreshes like the waves ’

Richard Dawkins

‘A story of true grit and fierce determination and dedication’

Michael Morpurgo

‘Sarah is inspirational’

Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2

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