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ADVENTURE, DINGHIES Mark Chew ADVENTURE, DINGHIES Mark Chew

Being a hero is all about timing

With a small sum of money collected by the sale of his belongings and contributions from his family, Speck set off from Hamburg on 13 May 1932, when Hitler was almost unknown. Armed with a kayak, two paddles, a camera, film, clothing, a pistol, he paddled down the Danube towards the Mediterranean.

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