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Dark Waters (the Expedition Trilogy, Book 1) Paperback – 1 August 2012
Jason Lewis (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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The first in a thrilling adventure trilogy, Dark Waters charts one of the longest, most gruelling, yet uplifting and at times irreverently funny journeys in history, circling the world using just the power of the human body, hailed by the London Sunday Times as "The last great first for circumnavigation."
But it was more than just a physical challenge. Prompted by what scientists have dubbed the "perfect storm" as the global population soars to 8.3 billion by 2030, adventurer Jason Lewis used The Expedition to reach out to thousands of schoolchildren, calling attention to our interconnectedness and shared responsibility of an inhabitable Earth for future generations.
Winner of the 2013 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ERIC HOFFER and NATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS. Also the 2012 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK FESTIVAL AWARD and FOREWORD REVIEWS BOOK of the YEAR.
- Print length244 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date1 August 2012
- Dimensions13.97 x 1.55 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-109780984915507
- ISBN-13978-0984915507
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- ASIN : 0984915508
- Publisher : BillyFish Books LLC (1 August 2012)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 244 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780984915507
- ISBN-13 : 978-0984915507
- Dimensions : 13.97 x 1.55 x 21.59 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 299,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 2,489 in Travel Writing
- 2,813 in Travel Writing Reference
- 4,241 in Biographies of Travellers & Explorers
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About the author

“Arguably, the most remarkable adventurer in the world today.” —THE DAILY MAIL
Jason Lewis is an award-winning author and explorer. He is recognized by Guinness World Records as the first person to circumnavigate the Earth by human power (without using motors or sails), hailed “the last great first for circumnavigation” by the London Sunday Times. A Fellow of London University, the Royal Geographical Society, and The Explorers Club, he is a popular speaker and sustainability advocate—find out more at jasonexplorer.com.
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Jason is a brilliant author, his writing is hilarious, descriptive, honest, exciting, and incisive. I can really understand the amount of praise the book received, it is well deserved.
The journey started off from a drunken discussion between Jason and his friend Steve, progressed to getting a boat “Moksha” designed build and road tested. The expedition planning was helped along by an assortment of people who lived in a squat with Jason, filmmakers and supporters joined the adventurers and a year later, all the pieces started coming together. This in itself amazed me, I thought that maybe Jason and Steve had been ex-army/navy and already had the skills to make the expedition a success. (Nope, one was a scientist and the other was a musician/window cleaner.)
The narrative continues with describing the first part of the adventure, it has all the elements needed for a great story: amazing adventures; wonderful descriptions of countries and oceans; amazing wildlife; danger; conflict; hunger: humour; illness; life threatening situations; jobsworth officials; the kindness and eccentricity of strangers.
I loved the way Jason and Steve worked with schools and encouraged the children to think about environmental issues and what they could do, as young as they were, to make a difference. I bet the children were impressed with the different modes of transport, bicycle, boat and rollerblading, I know I was.
Jason also does not flinch from describing the challenges of the expedition: of living in close proximity with someone else; the idiotic arguments; the sulks; the horrible boils; the scalding; having to deal with the monotony of pedalling, needing the mental strength to carry on when things didn’t go to plan and the near death experiences they both faced. It’s also fascinating to see how much Jason learned about himself during his adventure.
This is a tale of courage, fortitude, friendship and above all adventure and it’s a damn good read. This book would appeal to active adventurers and people like myself who like to sit with a cuppa and live vicariously.
Really looking forward to reading the last book in the trilogy when it is available.

Thirteen years and 46,505 miles later, one of them, Jason Lewis, returned. This is his story.
From the outset these were not two clean livin' professional adventurers plastered with corporate sponsor logos, far from it, they were two young guys setting out on the adventure of a lifetime with almost no relevant experience. In fact during the early stages of volume one its touch and go whether they are actually going to be sober enough for long enough to get the journey underway at all.
But as the departure date draws near and the full enormity of the task becomes apparent we realise that the hard drinking and partying are an essential part of their build up because this is an adventure they will be lucky to survive.
With books about a journey, the purpose of which is the journey, there exists the possibility of becoming bogged down in numerous brief descriptions of a great many places. But not with this book. While Lewis keeps us up to speed with where we are the main thrust is the human elements, namely the people he meets along the way and his companion Steve Smith with whom he enjoys an increasingly difficult, but mutually dependant relationship.
The centre piece of volume one is their perilous Atlantic crossing during which we are treated both to the almost unbearable claustrophopia of their tiny craft and vast emptiness of the ocean.
Lewis has a powerful descriptive ability, particularly where nature is concerned, and reveals the sea in all its moods. We also get to share, in vivid detail, his peaceful contemplation of the stars and the full blown fury of an Atlantic storm.
This is a genuine tale of an adventure. It doesn't start with the cliche of a drunken bet and and it wasn't undertaken for the purpose of nailing a book deal. And whilst the whole undertaking appears very ramshackle at times there is no novelty factor, no hitchhiking with a fridge, no search for people called Dave Gorman and no tedious false modesty.

I guess my only complaint is that because he covers such a vast amount of ground in what is a relatively small book is that we don't we quite experience the full descriptive details of the places he passes through on the way (moreso Europe than America). I guess I will just have to go and find out for myself.


They both had great determination, a lesson to us all. This book should be read by everyone, especially those who want to go on an adventure.