Raph Marchant, a young
man from St. Malo, France,
has just crossed the Atlantic from France on an insanely
small 21-foot (6.50-meter) boat during the Mini Transat race. He is a very good guy and I am extremely happy
for him and his family. He has set an example for others of what is possible in
life.
It is impossible to describe
here what he had to face, but he managed to surmount severe sleep deprivation,
spending weeks alone in the middle of the Atlantic, not speaking with a single
human soul for two weeks, getting knocked down in seas as big as a house, and navigating
into gale force winds and cresting waves.
Image living for weeks
in the Spartan confines of a prison cell while often being shaken and beaten as
if you were on a non-stop wet-and-wild roller coaster ride. Get the picture?
