With the Current, Against the Odds: 262 miles - 100 hours - The "World's Toughest Canoe Race"

When Seth Waits decided to participate in the Texas Water Safari, he knew he would be in for an adventure. The race’s nickname indicated as much. What he did not anticipate, however, were the myriad surprises and formidable adversity he and his pair of handpicked teammates would face as they prepared for and raced in the Safari.The three youthfully naïve yet determined paddlers of Boat 1421 face sizable obstacles and unpredictable twists as numerous as those peppered throughout the miles of river before them. This is the fascinating account of Ben, Jon, and Seth’s attempt to overcome extraordinary odds and cross the finish line as Safari novices.