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Tim Grover's avatar

Murphys Law = Paradise Lost. Incredible story!!! Glad you finally made it home & hope none of you have any long-term effects.

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Julie Gammack's avatar

Oh my! What a journey!

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ALEX's avatar

Nice Mr T.

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Gronstal Carol's avatar

Talk about an amazing adventure! This is a wonderful narrative. Glad you’re back and (I hope) well.

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Charles Kuester's avatar

Could be worse. Be thankful you didn’t go thru what the Endurance did.

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Charles Kuester's avatar

The email version and the Substack both seemed complete. Both ended with:

Sometimes we see the enviable images and stories on Instagram and other social media and think why isn’t that me? But don’t kid yourself, life doesn’t really work that way. There is always a back story to everything, especially in what we perceive as paradise.

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David Thoreson's avatar

Perfect. I guess there is some limit in length and u was close to it

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David Thoreson's avatar

Btw, did the whole story come into you by newsletter or was it clipped? I guess I was approaching max length w photos

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David Thoreson's avatar

I did that already on another voyage on Cloud Nine to Antarctica in 1992. I’ll write about it on Substack

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Dan Cohen's avatar

Thanks for the “behind the scenes glimpse of adventure travel and a life spent on the ocean". Murphy's Law is always lurking.

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David Thoreson's avatar

Isn’t that the truth…

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Ice Cube Press, LLC's avatar

Fascinating, thanks for sharing this!

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David Thoreson's avatar

Glad you liked it. It was a chore but I had to get it off my plate. Now back to the climate crisis and water quality, or lack there of…

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Ice Cube Press, LLC's avatar

The duldrums as a place. Wow

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