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| The Crossing: Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race | 
 enlarge | Authors: James Cracknell, Ben Fogle
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 12210
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1843545128
EAN: 9781843545125
ASIN: 1843545128
Publication Date: May 29, 2007
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 the best book I've read for years December 4, 2008
First I have to say I couldn't put this book down. I found it very honest, gripping and amazed what they went through. Ben and James take turns in giving the account which reads like a diary format. I haven't been able to stop thinking about them, because of the hell they went through in rowing 2 hours on, 2 hours off for 49 days across 3000 mile of ocean. Sometimes I think why? but the honesty and humility of both of them left me crying and I'm not the crying type.
When you read this book realism jumps out of the pages and it's written in a very sincere way. Please please whoever is reading this, if you read one book this year, read this one.
 Row ,row, row your boat February 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Read the book and then watch the DVD and seems like two diferent accounts of a journey accross the atlantic, though I suspect the book is a far meor honest account of the voyage.Ben and James were like chalk and cheese but some how it worked. Not a taxing read at all but welll worth the time and effort. Will definately read the book again!
Two naked men in a boat.... July 1, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you missed this when it was shown on tv (briefly in a one off show) then this is the story of Ben (TV host, bit posh) and James (Olympic rower, v competitive) and their race to row across the Atlantic. Its all fairly self explanatory - find a rowing partner, buy a boat, row in straight line, meet friends and family on other side of ocean. But things are never that easy.
This book gives you both sides of the story, and makes it very clear that Ben and James didn't always get on. The arguments, tantrums, bickering and resentments all make this a more honest account of their journey. I like the format of this book, in the sense that you get one account first, then followed on by the others, leading you to draw your own conclusions when sometimes they don't add up.
The actual race itself sounds amazing. The team were very underprepared and no-one thought they stood a chance of even starting, but somehow they made it. Then its all about the hard slog across the Atlantic including highlights of rowing with dolphins and the low points of capsizing in the night.
This is a great book, thoroughly recommended for anyone who is an armchair adventurer.
A journey you will read over and over again March 20, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Gripping, terrifying, heartbreaking, amazing, emotional, courageous. Just a few of the words describing the race whilst reading this book. They start as ill-equipped outsiders and finish as the first pair to cross the Atlantic in one of the greatest races since records began.
I was never popular of Ben Fogle from Castaway 2000, however since reading this book in just a few days my assumptions of him were changed dramatically. A must read for anyone who doubts the book will not be as good as this review makes out!
Truly inspiring, couldn't put it down February 3, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is the first book for a while that's kept me completely gripped..finished it in a couple of evenings and was kind of disappointed when it was over! A must read for anyone with a curiosity of the human nature under extreme pressure (in some very adverse circumstances)
It is written honestly and candidly by both men and makes you feel like you are living the ups and downs with them!
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