Atlantic Rowing Race 2006
21st October, 2005
In November 2005, Ben Fogle and double gold winning Olympic medallist James Cracknell set off in a 21 foot rowing boat in the Atlantic Rowing Race. Beginning in La Gomera in the Canaries, the pair rowed 2,950 miles across the Atlantic ocean to the finish line in Antigua. The pair battled dehydration, sleep deprivation, hurricane’s, storm’s and even a life threatening capsize in their attempt to reach the finish line.
Sandstorms, sunburn and sore feet
26th April, 2004
Why would anyone put themselves through the agony of a 140-mile race across the Sahara desert? Competitor Ben Fogle found out.