6/8/2023 0 Comments The book 438 daysHe claimed to have drifted from Mexico, a journey of some seven thousand miles.Ĥ38 Days is the first-ever account of one of the most amazing survival stories in modern times. He could barely speak and was unable to walk. As gale force winds and ten-foot waves pummeled their small, open boat from all sides and nearly capsized them, captain Salvador Alvarenga and his crewmate cut away a two-mile-long fishing line and began a desperate dash through crashing waves as they sought the safety of port.įourteen months later, on January 30, 2014, Alvarenga, now a hairy, wild-bearded and half-mad castaway, washed ashore on a nearly deserted island on the far side of the Pacific. That night, a violent storm ambushed them as they were fishing eighty miles offshore. On November 17, 2012, a pair of fishermen left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in the open Pacific. “The best survival book in a decade” ( Outside magazine), 438 Days is the true story of the fisherman who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean.
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