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To Dakar and Back

By: Lawrence Hacking, Wil De Clercq
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
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Summary

Recounting the three weeks of blood, sweat, and tearsthat make up a 7,000 mile journey from the glitzy streets of Paris to the hinterland of northwestern Africa, this incredible tale highlights the most arduous and notorious off-road motorsports event on the planet, the Paris-Dakar Rally. Since its inception in 1979, the rally has attracted more than 3,000 participants from all walks of life. Fully detailing what is considered by many to be one of the world's top five adventures, this book reveals amazing true tales of danger, from blinding sandstorms to endless vistas of towering dunes. Enduring these incredible hardships with perseverance, tenacity, ingenuity, and sometimes tragedy, the adventurers profiled here truly embody the triumphs of the human spirit.

©2008 Lawrence Hacking and Wil De Clercq (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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A brilliant listen for true Dakar fans only!

I have really enjoyed the audio book,true and to the nitty gritty of dakar! Once used to the narrators voice your immersed into the 2001 dakar on a bike that we all could have owned.

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boring

this book is so boring its not funny and the narrator sounds like he is reading a phone book. how somebody can make the paris dakar rally so boring is crazy.

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Awesome

If you have a passion for motorsports and adventure this is one for you, an amazing story that I couldn’t stop listening too.

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epic adventure

loved this book, a tale of grit and determination, of how deep we need to dig within ourselves to achieve our dreams. ,

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A great insight into the Dakar.

An emotional roller-coaster. What a great journey through Africa. Some real drama especially day seventeen.

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A must for Dakar fans

Great book for Dakar fans. Highly recommended! Covers a lot of detail and really takes you to into The race with the author.

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