Tori Murden McClure (Books)

Tori Murden McClure Books

Tori Murden McClure is celebrated for her remarkable solo and unassisted row across the Atlantic Ocean, a feat that made her the first woman and the first American to achieve it. Her journeys have revealed that true fulfillment lies not in superhuman displays of strength, but in embracing our shared humanity. She has also demonstrated exceptional resilience through overland travel to the geographic South Pole and significant mountaineering expeditions across continents. Through her experiences, she offers profound insights into finding one's heart and understanding what it truly means to be human.

A Pearl in the Storm

304 pages
11 hours of reading

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"In the end, I know I rowed across the Atlantic to find my heart, but in the beginning, I wasn't aware that it was missing." In June 1998, Tori McClure began rowing across the Atlantic Ocean solo in a twenty-three-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. Within days she lost all communication with shore but decided to forge ahead -- not knowing that 1998 would turn out to be the worst hurricane season on record in the North Atlantic. When she was nearly killed by a series of violent storms, Tori was forced to signal for help and head home in what felt like disgrace. But then her life changed in unexpected ways. She was hired by Muhammad Ali, who told her she did not want to be known as the woman who "almost" rowed across the Atlantic. And at thirty-five, Tori fell in love. A Pearl in the Storm is Tori's thrilling true story of high adventure -- and of her personal quest to discover that embracing her own humanity was more important than superhuman feats.