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- Title: DANCING WITH DEATH
- Author : Jean-Philippe Soulé
- Release Date : January 16, 2021
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs,Books,Travel & Adventure,Specialty Travel,Sports & Outdoors,Water Sports,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 3603 KB
Description
How many of us fantasize about walking away from the daily grind of the "American Dream" and embarking on a grand adventure? That's exactly what former French Special Forces Commando Jean-Philippe Soulé did in real life - abandoning his cushy Microsoft job to launch into a three-year kayaking adventure of unforgettable discovery and life-threatening danger in Central America.
Fans of Jon Krakauer's inspirational Into Thin Air will devour this gripping tale of adventure, survival, and a search for life's deeper meaning.
At first glance, Jean-Philippe Soulé had achieved everything modern society defines as "success." A former French Special Forces Commando, Jean-Philippe enjoyed a successful and comfortable career in America as a program manager with Microsoft. Like many of us, however, he secretly dreamed about walking away from the daily grind and embarking on an epic adventure; one inspired by the captivating sea adventures of Jacques Cousteau he'd read about in his youth.
The difference, though, is that Jean-Philippe made those dreams come true.
In 1998, Jean-Philippe and his travel partner Luke Shullenberger shed the trappings of comfortable civility to venture into the Central American Sea Kayak Expedition 2000 - an ambitious quest to paddle all the way from California to Panama. The bold expedition would take the two men across 3,000 miles of the remote and wild Central American coastline, spanning three years, seven countries, and countless once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
Now, 20 years later, Jean-Philippe Soulé reflects on this incredible and enlightening journey in Dancing with Death - a compelling real-life travel memoir that documents the tales of exploration, endurance, and self-discovery that Soulé and Shullenberger experienced as they kayaked across the world's most exquisite and treacherous waters.
Combining journal entries written at the time, reflections from two decades later, and stunning, award-winning photographs, Dancing with Death delivers the gripping narrative of Jean-Philippe and Luke's victories, misfortunes, and sacrifices in visceral and evocative detail. During this grueling rite-of-passage, the two men faced every manner of threat - from sharks, crocodiles, and bandits to stormy seas, malaria, and even coming face-to-face with their own mortality - all in search of a deeper connection to Mother Nature and the Indigenous communities who revere her most. Jean-Philippe was transformed by the people he met along the way.
Readers of all ages will be inspired as they follow Jean-Philippe and Luke on this extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime transformational voyage - testing their limits, exploring new cultures, and learning that life is what we make it, if only we dare to reach for our dreams
"An unforgettable escapade of ultimate danger and discovery..."
-- Joel R. Dennstedt for Readers' Favorite
"A noble mission loaded with adventure, drama and intrigue!"
-- Patti Todd
"Wonderful story about the human spirit."
-- Douglas L Hillary
Winner of Four international Book Awards: Winner of the 2019 KBR Kindle Book AwardsWinner of the 2019 International Book AwardsWinner of the 2019 Reader's Favorite Book AwardWinner of the 2019 IAN Book of the Year AwardsSemi-Finalist of the 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards
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