Last Sunday, after precisely 70 days, five hours, and 22 minutes in the Atlantic, 22-year-old Katie Spotz finished her solo row across the ocean. Spotz, from Mentor, Ohio, who began in Dakar, Senegal on January 3, arrived in Georgetown, Guyana this Sunday, with the title of “Youngest Ever to Row the Ocean Solo,” and serious sense of accomplishment. “I like setting the bar pretty high and challenging myself as much as I can,” Spotz says.
She completed her solo row without much aid; she carried with her little more than a tracking unit, satellite phone and laptop. And fortunately, she didn’t come across any dire situations. Spotz says she had a few “near capsizes,” as well as a small fire caused by a tracking deice, but other than that, Spotz rowed safely along.
[Via: CBSnews]
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