THE ROWING MARINE: CROSSING THE ATLANTIC: THE WORLD’S ONLY PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON TO HOLD THE WORLD RECORD IN AN ENDURANCE EVENT

Book ID/图书代码： 10567026C00020

English Summary/英文概要： On 9 January 2019, Lee Spencer, a disabled former Royal Marine, set out in a tiny rowing boat called Hope from the Southern Portuguese town of Portimao. He was hoping to become the fourth person in history to row solo and unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean, as well the first disabled person to complete the row and the fastest. After sixty days, sixteen hours and six minutes at sea, Lee rowed into the Mahury River estuary in Cayenne, South America, shattering the able-bodied record by an astonishing thirty-six days and became the world’s only physically disabled person, to break and hold an able-bodied record in an endurance event.

Lee dreamed of one day being strong enough to face his father. He dreamed of becoming a Royal Marine. In 1992 he achieved his goal. Having served in the second Iraq War, Lee then volunteered for Special Duties and was one of only three out of 126 who eventually passed the course. He then completed three tours of Afghanistan as an agent handler.

Then on a dark wintery night, Lee stopped to help at the scene of a motorway crash. Struck by debris when another car hit the scene, Lee came within a whisker of bleeding to death. He instructed a passer-by to stand on his groin when a makeshift torniquet wouldn’t work. Surgeons, though, could not save his leg.

Unperturbed by becoming disabled, he learned to walk again, would row across the Atlantic with the world’s first physically disabled crew of four – with just three legs between them – to row any ocean and to embark on his epic solo journey. In The Rowing Marine Lee takes us on his epic solo voyage, as he relates his unparalleled life story, bringing the threads of his many experiences together.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1月9日， 2019，李·斯宾塞——一位身患残疾的前皇家海军陆战队队员——从葡萄牙南部小镇波尔蒂芒乘着名为“希望号”的小型划艇启程。他立志成为史上第四位独自完成无支援横渡大西洋的划船者，同时力争成为首位完成全程划行且速度最快的残障人士。经过60天16小时6分钟的海上航行，李划船抵达南美洲卡宴市的莫里河河口，以惊人的36天时间打破了健全人耐力纪录，成为全球唯一在耐力赛事中同时打破并保持健全人纪录的残障人士。李曾梦想有朝一日能足够强大直面父亲，也曾渴望成为皇家海军陆战队队员。 1992 他实现了这个目标。在第二次伊拉克战争服役后，李自愿承担特殊任务，成为 126 仅有的三名最终通过培训课程的学员之一。随后他作为特工人员完成了三轮阿富汗任务。某个寒冷冬夜，李在高速公路事故现场停下施救。当另一辆汽车撞上现场时，他被残骸击中，险些因失血过多而丧命。当临时止血带不起作用时，他让一个路人站在他的腹股沟上。然而外科医生最终未能挽救他的双腿。尽管身患残疾却毫不气馁，他不仅重新掌握了行走技能，更率领全球首支由四位肢体残障者组成的船员队伍——仅剩三条腿支撑——横渡大西洋，开启了横跨任何海洋的划船壮举与史诗级单人航行之旅。在《划船横渡大西洋》一书中，李将带我们踏上这段非凡的单人航程，通过讲述其独一无二的人生故事，将诸多经历交织成一幅生动的画卷。(Sandy)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 李·斯宾塞自称出生于达根汉姆，现为英国皇家海军陆战队现役军人。在服役24年间，他不仅参与过伊拉克和北爱尔兰的多次部署行动，还三次执行阿富汗战场任务。2014年，他在萨里郡高速公路上救助车祸司机时，不幸被发动机残骸击中导致右腿截肢。面对这场灾难，李始终不屈不挠，不仅成功康复，更开启了一段至今仍在延续的非凡征程。2019年新年荣誉榜中，他因慈善筹款贡献荣获大英帝国勋章。目前他保持着四项横渡大西洋的吉尼斯世界纪录。

LEE SPENCER describes himself as born in Dagenham, made in The Royal Marines. A serving Royal Marine for 24 years, as well as deployments in Iraq and Northern Ireland, he came through three operational tours in Afghanistan unscathed only to lose his right leg after being hit by an engine block as he was helping a motorist who had crashed on a motorway in Surrey in 2014. Refusing to give in to the situation he found himself in, Lee recovered and embarked on what is, and continues to be, a remarkable journey. In the New Year Honours List in 2019, Lee was awarded the British Empire Medal for his services to charitable fundraising. He currently holds four Guinness World Records for crossing the Atlantic.

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