# Salt, Sweat, Tears

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- Book: [Salt, Sweat, Tears](https://www.bookquiver.com/adam-rackley/salt-sweat-tears) ([Salt, Sweat, Tears.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/adam-rackley/salt-sweat-tears.md))
- Authors: [Adam Rackley](https://www.bookquiver.com/adam-rackley)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4196-703-4
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2014-08-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Fewer people have rowed across the Atlantic than have climbed Everest. Adam Rackley is among them. For 70 days he and his rowing partner ate, slept and rowed in a boat seven metres long and two metres wide, in one of the world's most extreme environments. This is his story of adventure, endurance and self-discovery. They were following in the wake of pioneers. In 1896 a pair of Norwegian fisherman crossed the 2,500 miles in a wooden fishing dory - and their record stood for 114 years. John Fairfax, a smuggler, gambler and shark hunter, was the first to complete the feat single-handedly in 1969. Others have followed; some have not survived the attempt. This is their story, too.