LIFE AT THE EXTREME
By Rob Mundle
Nomad Press, 2006, 152 pages
Reviewed by Michael Beach
The work is described by its subtitle, “The Volvo Ocean Race Round the World 2005-2006.” The Volvo race documented in the book involved teams racing on 70-foot-long sailboats through all sorts of weather and sea states.
Through text, pictures, graphics and maps, the reader accompanies the various racing teams and their experiences. Highs and lows happen on every boat. Equipment breaks, personalities clash, team mates come and go. Sadly, one team lost a man overboard in frigid turbulent waters. By the time they pulled him back onboard he was dead.
The work is a story of man-versus-man combined with man-versus-nature. Despite the competition, the humanity of man also comes out. On several occasions race teams detour in order to help competitors in trouble. Ingenuity reigns as another theme. The details in planning seem only eclipsed by the invention required when the best plans fail to predict actual experience.
By Rob Mundle
Nomad Press, 2006, 152 pages
Reviewed by Michael Beach
The work is described by its subtitle, “The Volvo Ocean Race Round the World 2005-2006.” The Volvo race documented in the book involved teams racing on 70-foot-long sailboats through all sorts of weather and sea states.
Through text, pictures, graphics and maps, the reader accompanies the various racing teams and their experiences. Highs and lows happen on every boat. Equipment breaks, personalities clash, team mates come and go. Sadly, one team lost a man overboard in frigid turbulent waters. By the time they pulled him back onboard he was dead.
The work is a story of man-versus-man combined with man-versus-nature. Despite the competition, the humanity of man also comes out. On several occasions race teams detour in order to help competitors in trouble. Ingenuity reigns as another theme. The details in planning seem only eclipsed by the invention required when the best plans fail to predict actual experience.
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