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Flares Up: A Story Bigger than the Atlantic (Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023)
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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023**
‘A terrific read and a great adventure’ - Jeremy Irons
An epic true story of adventure, tenacity and triumph over adversity, Flares Up is the tale of two rowers’ near-impossible journey across the Atlantic.
Firefighter Paul Hopkins, 55, survives a brain haemorrhage. The experience motivates him to undertake the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge - to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic.
He teams up with entrepreneur Phil Pugh, who is aged 65 but renowned for undertaking extreme physical challenges in honour of his disabled son.
Throughout their journey, they encounter major financial and physical setbacks, which cause years of delays and put a strain on both their marriages. Finally, on 12 December 2019, in a fourth-hand 20ft wooden boat, they set off from the Canary Islands.
Violent storms, 30ft waves and equipment failure leave both men seasick, dehydrated and sleep-deprived. Alone on the ocean, they are forced to examine their lives. Was the decision to undertake this challenge brave, selfish or foolish?
After 70 days, 9 hours and 11 minutes at sea, they cross the finish line, two changed men. But will either of their wives be there to greet them?
‘A terrific read and a great adventure’ - Jeremy Irons
An epic true story of adventure, tenacity and triumph over adversity, Flares Up is the tale of two rowers’ near-impossible journey across the Atlantic.
Firefighter Paul Hopkins, 55, survives a brain haemorrhage. The experience motivates him to undertake the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge - to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic.
He teams up with entrepreneur Phil Pugh, who is aged 65 but renowned for undertaking extreme physical challenges in honour of his disabled son.
Throughout their journey, they encounter major financial and physical setbacks, which cause years of delays and put a strain on both their marriages. Finally, on 12 December 2019, in a fourth-hand 20ft wooden boat, they set off from the Canary Islands.
Violent storms, 30ft waves and equipment failure leave both men seasick, dehydrated and sleep-deprived. Alone on the ocean, they are forced to examine their lives. Was the decision to undertake this challenge brave, selfish or foolish?
After 70 days, 9 hours and 11 minutes at sea, they cross the finish line, two changed men. But will either of their wives be there to greet them?
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