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Alone on a boat, 27-yr-old wants to cross the Atlantic

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Alone on a boat, 27-yr-old wants to cross the Atlantic

Only 32 others have done it. But former Bombay Scottish student Bhavik Gandhi remains unfazed

Express News Service

Ahmedabad, December 4: Sometimes, you take on life’s toughest challenges during the most unpredictable of moments. Like Bhavik Gandhi’s (27) telephone call to Rune Larsson, one of the world’s best extreme-distance runners, on a fine winter morning in 2004.

The conversation fortified Sweden-based Gandhi’s split-second resolve made during a cycling expedition in Istanbul: To row across the Atlantic Ocean, solo.

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Alone on a boat, 27-yr-old wants to cross the Atlantic

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