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We Survived Yesterday: Kayaking from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas
Detached from civilisation in double kayaks, paddling nine hours a day for 34 days straight, this 1200 mile voyage from San Diego, California to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico was a true man against nature adventure. The rough water and rocky coastline had been anticipated, but the rats, mice, ants, crabs, coyotes, mosquitoes and wild pigs that either ate our food, stole our gear or tried to sleep in our sleeping bags with us we had not anticipated. We learned that the human mind and spirit can endure, create, and problem solve better than we ever imagined.
190 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1994
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January 31, 2019
I’m the author of the recently published book “DANCING WITH DEATH: An Epic and Inspiring Travel Adventure”, and I’m new to Goodreads.
I thought that I’d first review “We Survived Yesterday” because this book was part of the planning of my three-and-half-year sea kayak expedition Baja to Panama.
It started when I asked Caveman (John Gray) for a kayak training sponsorship in Thailand in 1997. After refusing to train my expedition partner and I on what he called a suicidal mission, Caveman gave us two ultimatums. The first was: “Don’t contact me until you’ve read “We Survived Yesterday”.
I purchased, read and thoroughly analyzed John Reseck’s book, and sent my report back to Caveman within three days.
The book is about four hard-core kayakers paddling two double kayaks to set the Baja crossing speed record from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas.
It’s a gripping story of four super athletes who counted on their physical strengths to fight their way through all possible sea conditions with a minimum of planning and preparation. The fact that they’ve survived yesterday, day after day was quite amazing.
The most amazing thing is that I learned a lot from their mistakes, and I was able to write a detailed report to Caveman on why he should sponsor our training and why we’d succeed where they are nearly died. We got the sponsorship, we trained with Caveman and later Ed Gillet in San Diego, and we set off on our own expedition that also started with Baja.
The funny thing is that we didn’t learn much from John’s book after all. We did plan and prepare our expedition meticulously and trained really hard for it. But when it came to making decisions about life-threatening situations, we should have remembered and learned from the mistakes that we so well analyzed from “We Survived Yesterday” and yet we didn’t.
It’s amazing how sometimes, one would rather keep going and fight crazy storms than get stranded in the middle of nowhere. We should have learned, but sometimes it’s human nature to only learn from our own mistakes.
The constant struggle to fight the ocean, pushing their body and mind to the limits make this book an interesting story. It’s also filled with great lessons to be learned on what not to do as a kayaker, but it also shows that with the mental drive, one can survive incredible challenges. Sea kayakers should enjoy reading this book, particularly from the comfort of a nice home away from raging seas.
To know Caveman’s second ultimatum, I invite you to read “DANCING WITH DEATH: An Epic and Inspiring Travel Adventure”.
I thought that I’d first review “We Survived Yesterday” because this book was part of the planning of my three-and-half-year sea kayak expedition Baja to Panama.
It started when I asked Caveman (John Gray) for a kayak training sponsorship in Thailand in 1997. After refusing to train my expedition partner and I on what he called a suicidal mission, Caveman gave us two ultimatums. The first was: “Don’t contact me until you’ve read “We Survived Yesterday”.
I purchased, read and thoroughly analyzed John Reseck’s book, and sent my report back to Caveman within three days.
The book is about four hard-core kayakers paddling two double kayaks to set the Baja crossing speed record from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas.
It’s a gripping story of four super athletes who counted on their physical strengths to fight their way through all possible sea conditions with a minimum of planning and preparation. The fact that they’ve survived yesterday, day after day was quite amazing.
The most amazing thing is that I learned a lot from their mistakes, and I was able to write a detailed report to Caveman on why he should sponsor our training and why we’d succeed where they are nearly died. We got the sponsorship, we trained with Caveman and later Ed Gillet in San Diego, and we set off on our own expedition that also started with Baja.
The funny thing is that we didn’t learn much from John’s book after all. We did plan and prepare our expedition meticulously and trained really hard for it. But when it came to making decisions about life-threatening situations, we should have remembered and learned from the mistakes that we so well analyzed from “We Survived Yesterday” and yet we didn’t.
It’s amazing how sometimes, one would rather keep going and fight crazy storms than get stranded in the middle of nowhere. We should have learned, but sometimes it’s human nature to only learn from our own mistakes.
The constant struggle to fight the ocean, pushing their body and mind to the limits make this book an interesting story. It’s also filled with great lessons to be learned on what not to do as a kayaker, but it also shows that with the mental drive, one can survive incredible challenges. Sea kayakers should enjoy reading this book, particularly from the comfort of a nice home away from raging seas.
To know Caveman’s second ultimatum, I invite you to read “DANCING WITH DEATH: An Epic and Inspiring Travel Adventure”.
November 10, 2019
Made me want to kayak or at least go on some adventure!
I recommend this book. Not quite Kontiki, though a good story of a great adventure. Did it's job well of reminding me (again) that we all need nature and adventure in our lives. "Hey where is my bicycle helmet?"
I recommend this book. Not quite Kontiki, though a good story of a great adventure. Did it's job well of reminding me (again) that we all need nature and adventure in our lives. "Hey where is my bicycle helmet?"
July 29, 2010
Sweet little read about a good adventure, described with humor and care.
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