I don’t know who named them swells. There’s nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls.
Hugo Vihlen
Listen to Sven’s interview on the Travel Grit podcast

I don’t know who named them swells. There’s nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls.
Hugo Vihlen
Listen to Sven’s interview on the Travel Grit podcast
Sven Yrvind was beaten by his teachers, locked up for desertion and learned the value of books from a psychopath. Then he built a boat in his mother’s basement and sailed into legend.
Listen to the Sven tell his legendary story here.
Also on Travel Grit: Hugo Vihlen crossed the Atlantic in the smallest boat ever to make the crossing. Hear his story.
TranscriptLong Rider Sea G Rhydr bought a horse for a dollar. Then she rode him 5,000 miles across America.
Listen to the Travel Grit podcast episode here.
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