Just last week, these remarkable women started appearing in my social media newsfeed as they got close to Australia.
“After 165 days at sea, British adventurers Jess Rowe (28) and Miriam Payne (26) have arrived in Cairns, completing their extraordinary non-stop, unsupported 8,000-plus-mile (15,200 km) Pacific Ocean crossing from Lima, Peru to Cairns, Australia. Their 9-metre rowing boat, Velocity, crossed the finish line off Cairns Yacht Club at 6.42 pm (local time in Cairns, Australia) greeted by flares, cheers, and an emotional crowd of family, friends, and supporters who had followed their six-month journey online. The pair, who together form the Seas the Day Ocean Rowing Team, are now the first women’s team to have ever rowed the full Pacific Ocean non-stop and unsupported upon completion of their crossing from South America to Australia.”
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Read more about it here: Pacific rowing duo, Miriam Payne and Jess Rowe complete challenge – BBC News
I loved interviewing Tori Murden McClure a few years ago about her solo row across the Atlantic in 1999. She was the first woman and first American to do it solo.
There’s something about these epic adventures–whether rowing or riding a bike-that really excites me. I also loved reading This Road I Ride: My Incredible Journey from Novice to Fastest Woman to Cycle the Globe by Juliana Buhring and Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman’s Record Breaking Pedal Around the Planet by Jenny Graham.
If you haven’t read about Seas the Day, it’s worth a scroll through their Instagram, awesome and inspiring. Enjoy!
