I wish the article had more details about logistics. Did she pack all the food with her? How/where did she sleep? What about inclement weather, did she row through it or take cover? It seems hard to outrun rough seas in a rowboat so I'm curious what the procedure was for that.
Her instagram account (yourowkelsey) is probably the best thing my algorithm has served up in a while (not a high bar, but hers is in fact really good).
She posted through the trip and answered a lot questions about logistics and the experience.
> She began the more than 2,400-mile journey from Monterey, California, to Honolulu on May 21.
> Pfendler was on a mission to become the first, youngest and fastest woman to row solo from California to Hawaii. She did it in 43 days, shattering the previous women’s record, 86 days, 10 hours and five minutes [...]
I can't even imagine what this would require physically & mentally.
“… She did it in 43 days, shattering the previous women’s record, 86 days, 10 hours and five minutes, held by Lia Ditton — but also broke through the men’s record of 52 days.”
Specifically, she set off to beat the women’s record but actually beat both the women’s and men’s record.
I wish the article had more details about logistics. Did she pack all the food with her? How/where did she sleep? What about inclement weather, did she row through it or take cover? It seems hard to outrun rough seas in a rowboat so I'm curious what the procedure was for that.
Her instagram account (yourowkelsey) is probably the best thing my algorithm has served up in a while (not a high bar, but hers is in fact really good).
She posted through the trip and answered a lot questions about logistics and the experience.
> She began the more than 2,400-mile journey from Monterey, California, to Honolulu on May 21.
> Pfendler was on a mission to become the first, youngest and fastest woman to row solo from California to Hawaii. She did it in 43 days, shattering the previous women’s record, 86 days, 10 hours and five minutes [...]
I can't even imagine what this would require physically & mentally.
Congrats Kelsey!
Leaving off the best part of that:
“… She did it in 43 days, shattering the previous women’s record, 86 days, 10 hours and five minutes, held by Lia Ditton — but also broke through the men’s record of 52 days.”
Specifically, she set off to beat the women’s record but actually beat both the women’s and men’s record.
That’s crazy.
The even crazier thing to me was she apparently did it before with 2 other people which took just under 41 days.
It’s kind of mind boggling that she would do this shit twice and that it only took her two extra days solo
I watched a YouTube video about four women who rowed across the Atlantic, it's really good. I couldn't imagine doing it solo.
https://youtu.be/6SYHamnHqU8