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Zusatztext Mick Dawson's second book is a tour de force bringing together the macro that is the history of the Falklands war with the micro that is three men's personal stories with their highs and lows shared frankly and intimately. He powerfully captures what it means to be a Royal Marine in both war and peace, and how the Royal Marines mindset - first to understand, first to respond, first to adapt, first to overcome - has helped Mick and the two Steves win their battles in and out of the water. Mick helps us really jump into the vessels and sit where they sat, sensing a little of the tension, despair, challenge to fight or flight, and exhilaration that these challenges have brought. In doing this he challenges us while we sit comfortably in our armchairs to reflect on our own lives, which "hang daily on the tightrope between disaster and success if we analyse them closely enough", urging us to get up and face our own battles. The indomitable brotherhood that is the Royal Marines is powerfully portrayed, a bond which holds men together over decades as a result of shared training and operations, underpinned by a total trust in your oppo to get you through - and never leave you behind. Informationen zum Autor MICK DAWSON is a former Royal Marines Commando, now a sailor, motivational speaker and adventurer. He saw active service in the Falklands War at the age of seventeen and then again in the Middle East. Following on from his military career he pursued his lifelong passion for the ocean. Mick became a professional sailor and then one of the most experienced and successful ocean rowers in the world. Klappentext Steve Grenham and Steve 'Sparky' Sparkes are both former Royal Marines who had been badly let down by the system put in place to support veterans struggling with physical and mental health issues. Fellow former Royal Marine Mick Dawson felt an ocean adventure could help both men. He was right, but he had no idea how life-changing those ocean adventures would become - for all three of them. Mick tells the stories of not one, but two epic ocean adventures: in the first, in an attempt to help Steve Grenham overcome the debilitating impact of post-traumatic stress disorder, he kayaks with him around East Falkland, where both men had served during the 1982 war with Argentina. In the second, he partners Sparky, also a Falklands veteran as he set out to become the first blind man to row the Pacific Ocean; in a 2,500-mile rowing race from Monterey in California to Waikiki in Hawaii. Steve Grenham had never kayaked before; Sparky is not only blind; he was also a rowing novice. Sparky and Mick had hoped to break the fifty-six-day record for a two-man rowing boat reaching Hawaii from California. This would also earn Sparky a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first blind person to row the Pacific . It was never going to be easy but they had no idea just how hard it would become as the Pacific Ocean conspired against them every step of the way, ultimately threatening their very survival let alone the successful completion of their voyage. These are very moving stories, well told, of remarkable men, helping each other to achieve seemingly impossible goals. They are also stories which create a timely reminder of the ongoing support society owes to it's service personnel dealing with physical and mental health issues. Vorwort The stories of two veterans - one traumatised, one blind - who rediscover themselves with the help of a friend in the course of two epic ocean adventures, kayaking around the Falklands and rowing across the Pacific. Zusammenfassung The stories of two veterans - one traumatised, one blind - who rediscover themselves with the help of a friend in the course of two epic ocean adventures, kayaking around the Falklands and rowing across the Pacific....
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MICK DAWSON is a former Royal Marines Commando, now a sailor, motivational speaker and adventurer. He saw active service in the Falklands War at the age of seventeen and then again in the Middle East. Following on from his military career he pursued his lifelong passion for the ocean. Mick became a professional sailor and then one of the most experienced and successful ocean rowers in the world.
