Eighty Days. Alone. Three Thousand Miles of Open Ocean.
When Karen Weekes reached Barbados, she became the first Irish woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Surviving relentless storms, hallucinations, shark encounters, crushing exhaustion and eighty days of solitude in a 25-foot rowing boat rewired her understanding of human resilience.
This is her story – raw, unfiltered and unflinchingly honest.
But this isn’t simply an adventure story. Karen truthfully reveals not only the challenges faced during the crossing, but also the mindset that made it possible. Drawing on her extensive endurance experience on both land and sea – plus solid academic research – she shares the proven techniques that helped her master effective coping under the most extreme pressure imaginable.
Turbulent Waters presents specific, actionable strategies for building your resilience and focus, whether you’re an athlete pushing your limits, an adventurer chasing wild dreams or simply navigating life’s toughest challenges.
The strategies in these pages are tried, tested and proven in extremes.