A FORMER SAS soldier is set to row 3,100 miles across the Atlantic with only the sun and stars to guide him, inspired after being kidnapped in Syria. Ian Rivers, from Hereford, is taking on the mammoth challenge without any support, including any access to GPS. The former SAS soldier with take on the Row Sentinel Atlantic Challenge which will see him leave New York in May and row the 3100 plus nautical miles to the Isles of Scilly. The crossing will test his endurance, navigation and seamanship to the absolute limit, and nobody has ever managed to complete an unsupported solo row of the Atlantic using the Northern Route.
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“Clive was passionate about so many things and endeavoured to help as many as he could either by advice, support via his charity, fundraising events and opening his beautiful gardens at Lower Hope. He would often be seen wandering around his garden on the National Garden Scheme open days with his beloved Labrador dogs not far behind. “He kept strong connections with his old grammar school, Bishop Vesey in Sutton Coldfield, as his education and guidance there set him off on his career path to, in his own words, ‘make a few bob’ which he later generously shared with others.