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"At the tip of Brittany’s wild, wet Côtes-d’Armor peninsula is the village of
Plougrescant. Beyond that, butting right out into the sea, lies Yvinec island,
a tiny outcrop intermittently accessible depending on tides via a rock-studded
expanse of dunes and seaweed. To get there I have taken two planes, a train and
a puzzling automobile. It has been an epic journey, but I can’t possibly say
that to Guirec Soudée when he picks me up for the last leg in his 4x4. I may
have got lost in a Brest industrial estate at midnight, unable to make the hire
car headlights work, but the 26-year-old Breton sailed around the world solo
for five years. During that time he was trapped in Arctic ice for 130 days,
survived 15m waves, nearly capsized repeatedly, was imprisoned briefly by
Canadian coastguards and became the youngest sailor to navigate the formidable
Northwest Passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic solo. Well, I say solo.
Sole human. He was accompanied by a chicken, a Rhode Island Red named Monique."
Via Muse.
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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