Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii
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by CharlesW
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It's kind of buried here, but Kelsey is the fastest human to do this. She beat the male record holder's time by 6 days.
by vmg12
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I used to row and even the tiniest of waves could make it annoying. You'd slide to the front of your seat and try to insert your oar and catch air instead of water. Then if you overcompensated by trying to insert your oar farther in you'd catch a crab (having the oar ripped out of your control). This is on a lake with tiny waves.
Rowing across an entire ocean is absolutely amazing.
by reenorap
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I happened upon her via Instagram around day 10 and watched her every day. It was really interesting watching her go through this every day and her authentic posts about what she was feeling. It’s truly great seeing people achieve their goals like this, she is amazing!
by mobilemidget
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All i think about when people row, kayak or swim these distances in these waters is 'SHARKS'. Which i read and saw enough about that the chances of meeting one isnt that big, but my brain still associates these activities/areas with it.
by ProjectArcturis
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I wonder what was going on in her life that made her say, "I want to spend the next 43 days rowing alone across the ocean."
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