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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean

Susan Casey
4.04/5 (9658 ratings)
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An astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out

For centuries mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves—100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dis­missed these stories, believing waves that high violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships have vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary is brewing in the planet’s waters. They found their proof in February 2000, when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea—including several that approached 100 feet.

As scientists scramble to understand this phenomenon, others view the giant waves as the ultimate challenge. These are extreme surfers who fly around the world trying to ride the ocean’s most destructive monsters. The pioneer of extreme surfing is the legendary Laird Hamilton, who, with a group of friends in Hawaii, figured out how to board suicidally large waves of 70 and 80 feet. Casey follows this unique tribe of peo­ple as they seek to conquer the holy grail of their sport: a 100­-foot wave.

In this mesmerizing account, the exploits of Hamilton and his fellow surfers are juxtaposed with scientists’ urgent efforts to understand the destructive power of waves, from the tsunami that wiped out 250,000 people in the Pacific in 2004 to the 1,740-foot-wave that leveled part of the Alaskan coast. Like Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, The Wave brilliantly portrays human beings confronting nature at its most ferocious.
Format:
Pages:
326 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
1st
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0767928849
ISBN13:
9780767928847
kindle Asin:
B003F3PLGM

The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean

Susan Casey
4.04/5 (9658 ratings)
Read Download
An astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out

For centuries mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves—100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dis­missed these stories, believing waves that high violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships have vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary is brewing in the planet’s waters. They found their proof in February 2000, when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea—including several that approached 100 feet.

As scientists scramble to understand this phenomenon, others view the giant waves as the ultimate challenge. These are extreme surfers who fly around the world trying to ride the ocean’s most destructive monsters. The pioneer of extreme surfing is the legendary Laird Hamilton, who, with a group of friends in Hawaii, figured out how to board suicidally large waves of 70 and 80 feet. Casey follows this unique tribe of peo­ple as they seek to conquer the holy grail of their sport: a 100­-foot wave.

In this mesmerizing account, the exploits of Hamilton and his fellow surfers are juxtaposed with scientists’ urgent efforts to understand the destructive power of waves, from the tsunami that wiped out 250,000 people in the Pacific in 2004 to the 1,740-foot-wave that leveled part of the Alaskan coast. Like Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, The Wave brilliantly portrays human beings confronting nature at its most ferocious.
Format:
Pages:
326 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
1st
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0767928849
ISBN13:
9780767928847
kindle Asin:
B003F3PLGM

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