In 1996, Benjamin Wade, then 24 years old, set out to paddle his kayak from Baja, California, to South America-a six-thousand mile journey expected to take several months. Everyone told him he was crazy. At times he thought he was crazy. Throughout his months of travel he made new friends, battled the elements and sharks, encountered a playful school of dolphins and paddled so close to a humpback whale that he feared the mammal would lift his kayak up from the ocean's surface. He camped on beaches and made friends with the locals in the small towns he stopped at along the way. Fighting the...
In 1996, Benjamin Wade, then 24 years old, set out to paddle his kayak from Baja, California, to South America-a six-thousand mile journey expected to...
