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| Team completes 'living hell' row across Atlantic | |
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| Team Graft have raised more than £220,000 for charity | Team Graft have raised more than £220,000 for charity |
| Four men who faced huge waves, extreme weather and had their boat skewered by a fish have completed their 3,000 mile row across the Atlantic Ocean. | Four men who faced huge waves, extreme weather and had their boat skewered by a fish have completed their 3,000 mile row across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| The group from Teesside and Yorkshire were taking part in the world's Toughest Row Challenge and have so far raised more than £220,000 for charity. | The group from Teesside and Yorkshire were taking part in the world's Toughest Row Challenge and have so far raised more than £220,000 for charity. |
| The race is billed as the ultimate test of endurance and adventure. | The race is billed as the ultimate test of endurance and adventure. |
| The crossing took thirty nine days, with the men describing it as "amazing, astonishing, horrific and like a living hell''. | The crossing took thirty nine days, with the men describing it as "amazing, astonishing, horrific and like a living hell''. |
| The team decided to take on the challenge after a "few bottles of wine" | The team decided to take on the challenge after a "few bottles of wine" |
| The four men, Dean Fitzmaurice and Nick Perks from Teesside, and Richard Hornsey and Matthew Pitchforth from Yorkshire, signed up for the race after "three bottles of red wine" and went on a learn to row course. | The four men, Dean Fitzmaurice and Nick Perks from Teesside, and Richard Hornsey and Matthew Pitchforth from Yorkshire, signed up for the race after "three bottles of red wine" and went on a learn to row course. |
| They called themselves Team Graft and were all raising money for Ronald McDonald House charities, which provide accommodation for the families of sick children. | They called themselves Team Graft and were all raising money for Ronald McDonald House charities, which provide accommodation for the families of sick children. |
| The men had to patch up their boat midway through the race after it was spiked by a marlin, a fish species known for its long bill, which pierced the hull flooding the compartment. | The men had to patch up their boat midway through the race after it was spiked by a marlin, a fish species known for its long bill, which pierced the hull flooding the compartment. |
| The four men rowed in shifts 24 hours a day | The four men rowed in shifts 24 hours a day |
| Mr Pitchforth described it as an experience he "never thought was possible, pushing your body to the absolute extremes". | Mr Pitchforth described it as an experience he "never thought was possible, pushing your body to the absolute extremes". |
| He said the messages of support and well wishes, many from strangers, helped them through the most difficult days particularly between Christmas and New Year when they were pinned by strong winds and felt they were going backwards. | He said the messages of support and well wishes, many from strangers, helped them through the most difficult days particularly between Christmas and New Year when they were pinned by strong winds and felt they were going backwards. |
| Team Graft were the fourth team to complete the challenge | Team Graft were the fourth team to complete the challenge |
| The men left La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 11 December and crossed the finishing line in Antigua 39 days later, cheered on by family and friends. | The men left La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 11 December and crossed the finishing line in Antigua 39 days later, cheered on by family and friends. |
| Mr Perks said he had become a bit of a ''coach potato'' and the challenge had given him "a new lease of life". | Mr Perks said he had become a bit of a ''coach potato'' and the challenge had given him "a new lease of life". |
| "It was absolutely amazing, crazy, foolish and something I would do again." | "It was absolutely amazing, crazy, foolish and something I would do again." |
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