English Summary/英文概要： That first day is hard. The hands begin to cramp, drops of blood start oozing through your fingertips . . .
In 2003,Tori Holmes, a 21-year-old from Canada, and Paul Gleeson, a 29-year-old financial advisor from Ireland, met in Australia when Holmes answered an ad to drive the support vehicle for Gleeson’s 5,000-kilometre cycling trek across that country. During their first adventure together, Gleeson fell hard: both off his bike and for the woman driving the car.
Once Australia was behind them, it became clear that crossing a continent together was simply not enough. Acting on self-assured determination and an ever-growing sense of adventure, Gleeson and Holmes embraced the dream of rowing a tiny boat across the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean in the 2005/06 Trans-Atlantic Race. Of course, neither of the young adventurers knew how to row, so they connected and trained with the only Irishmen ever to have completed the same race, Eamonn and Peter Kavanagh.
In November 2005, after months of training, Paul and Tori left the Canary Islands to row 4,800 kilometers across the Atlantic. In February 2006, they completed their epic journey after 86 days of huge seas, violent storms, terrifying capsizes, unbearable thirst, bizarre hallucinations and sleep deprivation. Along the way, however, during one of the darkest moments in the race, inspiration came in the form of an unseen, yet completely perceptible, presence. Old seafaring lore has several theories as to what this might have been, but both adventurers are keeping their minds open on it. Part inspirational adventure story, part travelogue and part romance, Crossing the Swell is an honest and intimate portrayal of what it takes to truly engage in the many adventures that life has to offer.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 第一天很艰难。双手开始抽搐，血液在你的指尖咆哮。。。2003年，从加拿大来的21岁的托利 霍姆斯和从爱尔兰来的29岁的金融师保罗 格利森在澳大利亚相遇。霍姆斯应邀为格利森驾驶他车的副乘具，帮助他穿越这个国家。他们第一天的旅行，格利森就病倒了：一是他从车上摔了下来，二是他爱上了驾车人。穿越了澳洲之后，一起穿越一个大陆是远远不够的是个事实变得显而易见。凭借着他们的信心和与日俱增的冒险直觉，格利森和霍姆斯决定参加2005年6月划船横跨大西洋的比赛。当然，他们都不知道怎样划船，所以他们就和曾经赢得过这个比赛的爱尔兰人埃蒙和皮特 卡瓦纳学习。2005年12月，在他们数月的训练之后，保罗和托利离开了加纳利岛去参加那个4800米的比赛。2006年2月，在整整86天暴风，饥饿，幻觉和失眠洗礼的航海之后，他们终于完成了他们的航行。然而与此同时，他们相互间的鼓励也若有似无地体现了出来。他们对于先前的航海经验并没有照搬照抄，而是虚怀若谷。夹杂着冒险，游记和爱情，遭遇海浪为读者描画了一幅生活将要带给我们的蓝图。(ZSW)

托利·霍姆斯原先是来自加拿大的亚伯达地区。2006年2月，在描述了她书中的事件之后，她作为史上最年轻的女性，亲自去横渡了海洋。保罗 格利森来自爱尔兰利默里克地区，研究商业。在做了金融师数年之后，他渴望旅行，并打包行囊，收拾细软，开始上路。