The Row to Recovery

From Battlefield to Barbados

• Author(s): Sam Peters,
• Publisher: Vision Sports Publishing
• Pages: 294
• ISBN_10: 1907637826
  ISBN_13: 9781907637827
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , History / Military / Veterans , Medical / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation , Social Science / Sociology / General , Sports & Recreation / General , Sports & Recreation / Water Sports / Boating , Sports & Recreation / Water Sports / Rowing , Travel / Special Interest / Adventure , Travel / Essays & Travelogues ,

Description:... The Row to Recovery is the amazing story of four severely wounded and two able bodied ex-British military servicemen, all of whom had recently served if Afghanistan or Iraq, who captured the imagination of the British public by rowing across the Atlantic against all the odds earlier this year. Their incredible journey was beset with horrendous physical, mental
and technical difficulties which saw the crew forced onto emergency rations for 17 days when their water purifier broke, while one crew member -- amputee Rory Mackenzie - spent Christmas Day extracting pieces of shrapnel from his buttock as the exertion of the grueling routine almost proved too much.

The crew's traumatic and incident-packed crossing generated enormous media interest, including 16 appearances on ITV News, which peaked when they arrived in Barbados, after 51 days at sea, to be greeted by a huge crowd of friends, family and well-wishers led by an emotional Sir Cliff Richard. Their arrival made the front page of The Sunday Telegraph and generated worldwide interest. They even received a satellite phone call from Prince Harry, broadcast live to a huge global audience, while in the middle of the Atlantic.