Woman rows from San Francisco to Hawaii
Ros Savage has rowed from San Francisco to Hawaii as part of a bid to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific Ocean.
It took her 99 days to make the 2,900 mile journey begging the question 'what is wrong with getting on a plane like everyone else?'
While it would be enough to put most people off rowing for life, this is just the beginning for Roz - in 2009 she will row 2,600 miles to Tuvalu in the Southwest Pacific, followed by the final leg of her passage to Australia.
If successful, she will have rowed 7,200 miles over three years ... and have a very numb bum.
"If I was any happier I'd burst. It's been a huge challenge with its fair share of problems, but I've made it and I'm grateful to the ocean for allowing me safely across," Roz said.
"I really feel like my shore team and I have achieved something special -- we've touched a lot of people through the Web site and the podcasts and got them thinking about their impact on the environment. It's been worth every single one of the million or so strokes of my oars."
She hopes the journey in her 24-foot rowboat named The Brocade will help carry the message of ocean conservation.
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