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August 18, 2006
Seattle rowers win trans-Atlantic race.: "They didn't beat Mother Nature, but they talked her into letting them finish the race ... I think they learned a lesson that the Spanish Armada learned a few hundred years ago -- that it's not that easy to storm the English Coast." It took Jordan Hanssen, Dylan LeValley, Greg Spooner and Brad Vickers 69 days, 23 hours and 18 minutes to row the nearly 3,900 nautical miles from New York Harbor to the coast of the UK. You can find more information about the team, including pictures, a blog, and history of the race, on their official website.
posted by Ufez Jones to extreme at 05:29 PM - 4 comments
Best part is really the mother's comment in the last paragraph. Indeed. I have no idea what my mom would say to such an endeavor. Here's the original Seattle PI article on the crew from early March. It states "While risk is associated with the race, the men say the voyage, which will take 40 to 70 days, is more about human power and Mother Nature." (emphasis mine). They *barely* made it under the longest 'feasible' deadline. And by barely, I mean 42 minutes.
posted by Ufez Jones at 07:00 PM on August 18, 2006
And they call me Psycho. What's next, L.A. to Tokyo?
posted by Psycho at 09:30 PM on August 18, 2006
Nice post, Ufez. I bet that beer will taste goooddd!!!!
posted by steelergirl at 11:32 AM on August 19, 2006
That. Is. Completely. Insane. Best part is really the mother's comment in the last paragraph. [Thanks for the link, Ufie.]