The Power of the Paddle : One man's mission to inspire hope through the spirit of adventure Paperback / softback
by JORDAN WYLIE
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'His name was Ibrahim. He was about five years old and the thing he wanted most in the world was to go to school.'In a tiny country on the Horn of Africa, extreme adventurer, former soldier and star of Channel 4's Hunted Jordan Wylie made an extraordinary promise to a remarkable young boy.
Ibrahim's home Djibouti is a refuge from neighbouring war zones, laying host to children excluded from the basic privileges we take for granted in the West.
So, armed with skills learned from a lifetime of adventures, Wylie vowed to raise funds to build a new school for those children. And thus began a series of exceptional challenges, seeing Wylie row solo across the pirate-infested Bab el-Mandeb Strait in a world first and run extreme marathons in ice-cold climates.
To cap it off, he embarked on a journey stand-up paddleboarding around mainland Great Britain, along the way facing military firing ranges, crazy teenagers on jet-skis, psychotic jellyfish and, finally, Covid-19.
This is the inspirational true story of the lengths one man went to fulfil a young boy's dream - and of the good that can be achieved even in the hardest of times.
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In Stock - More than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 1x8pp colour plate
- Publisher:Biteback Publishing
- Publication Date:09/11/2021
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- ISBN:9781785907258
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In Stock - More than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 1x8pp colour plate
- Publisher:Biteback Publishing
- Publication Date:09/11/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781785907258