SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR
On  1 April 2011, rower and adventurer Sarah Outen set off in her kayak  from Tower Bridge for France. Her aim was simple: to circle the globe  entirely under her own steam - cycling, kayaking and rowing across  Europe, Asia, the Pacific, North America, the Atlantic and eventually  home. A year later, Sarah was plucked from the Pacific ocean amid  tropical storm Mawar, her boat broken, her spirit even more so.
  But that wasn't the end. Despite ill health and depression, giving up  was not an option. So Sarah set off once more to finish what she had  started, becoming the first woman to row solo from Japan to Alaska, as  well as the first woman to row the mid-Pacific from West to East. She  kayaked the treacherous Aleutian chain and cycled North America, before  setting out on the Atlantic, despite the risk of another row-ending  storm...
Dare to Do is more than an adventure story. It is  a story of the kindness of strangers and the spirit of travel; a story  of the raw power of nature, of finding love in unexpected places, and of  discovering your inner strength. It is about trying and failing, and  trying again, and about how, even when all seems lost, you can find  yourself.


