Adam Rackley was born in the Netherlands in 1981. He studied PPE at the University of York before completing an MSc from the University of London in Finance and Financial Law. He was a Platoon Commander with the Black Watch at Fort George in Scotland, before working as a fund manager at Montanaro Asset Management and a finance lecturer at BPP Business School. He lives in South London with his wife, Alice. SALT, SWEAT, TEARS is Adam's first book.
Incredible true stories from the limits of endurance, written by a man who's been there * Sir Ranulph Fiennes * We need the people who climb mountains, cross oceans, voyage to the moon, to tell us who we are. In this gripping and superior book he is both seaman and historian, telling the story of his own voyage and the rowers who have gone before him * Peter Nichols, author of A Voyage for Madmen * Adam Rackley's own tale is every bit as gripping and vividly written as the others in this admirable book * Daily Mail *