{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/677be9d1b2b69b369b557d7d/6a785f58e188bf946fdafc87?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Capsized, on Fire and Alone in the Atlantic; How Max Thorpe Came Back From Disaster to Break the World Record","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/677be9d1b2b69b369b557d7d/1786273749862-0d4718df-2578-47e8-bc1d-050fdd8af3a2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>When Max Thorpe attempted to row 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, the unimaginable happened.</p><p>On day nine, leading the pairs race and ahead of world record pace, a 40-foot wave capsized their boat. What followed was a fire in the cabin, a night barricaded in a storage space the size of a suitcase, and a rescue by a 110,000-tonne oil tanker that nearly killed them both. Max was separated from the boat in the middle of the Atlantic at night, in a storm, with nothing to hold onto.&nbsp;He survived by grabbing the last foot of a stepladder in the darkness.</p><p><br></p><p>He came home, processed the experience, and then unbelievably decided to go again.</p><p><br></p><p>Two years later, Max crossed that same finish line in Antigua - breaking the world record by just 14 minutes after 37 days at sea.</p><p><br></p><p>This is one of the most extraordinary stories of resilience, decision-making under pressure and the power of refusing to be defined by your worst moment that you will ever hear.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why a sporty kid with something to prove ended up rowing the Atlantic</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The nine days of brutal conditions before everything went wrong</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The capsize, the fire, and the night barricaded in a cabin the size of a suitcase</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Being separated from the boat in the dark and grabbing a rope with his last strength</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Coming home and deciding to go again and why</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The second row - breaking oars, rebuilding them at sea, and a two-hour sprint finish</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Breaking the world record by 14 minutes</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How facing his own mortality changed the way he lives</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 When Life Gives You Lemons.&nbsp;New episode out now. &nbsp;Available on all podcast platforms.</p>","author_name":"Emma Levy"}