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| Pedaling to Hawaii A Human-Powered Odyssey Stevie Smith “If you believe, as I do, that we all have something extraordinary within us, this wonderful book will inspire you to begin your dream—and follow it through.” —Richard Branson
Oh, sure. He'd never ridden his bike farther than the local pub. He'd never spent a night on a boat. He knew nothing about navigation. He was a bit out of shape. And he had no money. But how hard could it be? From one crazy idea a great adventure was born. Three years later, Stevie and his friend Jason began an incredible journey, to be the first people to circumnavigate the globe under human power alone. No wind, no solar power, no engines. Just legs and arms and will. Blundering but determined, with no sponsorship and a haphazard selection of equipment—including a custom-made pedal boat named Moksha (Sanskrit for 'freedom')—they would learn to survive hallucinations, salt sores, a mid-ocean capsizing of their boat, and even each other—barely. Pedaling to Hawaii is a hilarious, warm, and refreshingly non-heroic account of a voyage in search of true adventure and a different kind of life. For anyone who has ever dreamt of breaking away from routine, this story reveals what is possible. About the Author Englishman Stevie Smith, now a Buddhist priest and ferryman, is a former environmental consultant who conceived of the expedition to circumnavigate the globe under human power (now called Expedition 360) in 1991 while staring from his office window on a gray Monday morning in Paris. He continues to provide lectures on the subject around the world. When he's not traveling, he lives in Devon, England. Advance Praise for PEDALING TO HAWAII “This has got to rank as the most warts-and-all account of an expedition I've ever read—talk about 'in over your head.' But precisely for that reason it's both fascinating and inspiring; if they pulled this off, what can't you do?” —Bill McKibben, author of Wandering Home: A Long Walk across America's Most Hopeful Landscape “If it is crazy to follow your dreams, then Stevie Smith is crazy. But if you believe, as I do, that adventure is more important than security, you will find this uninhibited, hilarious, and sometimes terrifying account of an under-funded, human-powered trip around the world irresistible. I salute Stevie Smith, and hope for more!” —Stephen Bodio, author of Eagle Dreams and uerencia “If you're looking for ways to ignite your sense of adventure, pick up Pedaling to Hawaii. The physical and logistical challenges of human powered travel are great. Stevie approaches them all with that typically British sense of wry understatement. Pedaling a small boat across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans may seem like lunacy—and it is. Luckily, Stevie Smith's writing style allows us to get inside his mind and see the value, and especially the humor, in the whole endeavor.” —Conrad Anker
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On the morning of June 26th, 1991, twenty-six-year-old Englishman Stevie Smith stared at the computer screen in his Paris office and asked himself a simple question: What should I do with my life? By the end of the day, that broad question led to an amazing, if not fairly ridiculous, notion. What if he were to embark on an adventure? What if he were to do something no person had ever done before? What if he were to travel around the earth using nothing but his own two legs to drive him?
Will be available in paperback April 2007 
The Countryman Press, PO Box 748, Woodstock, VT 05091 Phone (802) 457-4826 Fax (802) 457-1678.