Woman To ROW Across Pacific

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Actually, I believe that there is a major Pacific current that flows from Japan to the San Fran area. At least, that's what the History Channel taught me a few weeks ago. :)
 
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Boredom will stop this trip for her. If she is mentally tough, she will make it. I hope she does.
 
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CABVOL said:
Actually, I believe that there is a major Pacific current that flows from Japan to the San Fran area. At least, that's what the History Channel taught me a few weeks ago. :)
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Ah, I didn't know that. Good news for her, I suppose. I was just thinking that if she did this in the Atlantic, the
Gulf Stream would carry her wayyy off course :)
 
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hog88 said:
Yeah, I don't think Pirates or sharks should be much of a concern.
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So you're saying Hollywood has mislead me? Are you now telling me that Megalodon isn't a real threat to her?
 

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I just don't see how you train for something like this and not be in amazing shape. Compare her to most people who row. I don't get it unless she is purposefully packing on the pounds like a sumo.
 
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f77f00 said:
I just don't see how you train for something like this and not be in amazing shape. Compare her to most people who row. I don't get it unless she is purposefully packing on the pounds like a sumo.
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Baumstein, who was recruited as a rower by the University of Wisconsin-Madison before a car accident derailed her athletic career, expects to burn up to 10,000 calories a day and has gained 40 pounds for the trip.
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Sonya Baumstein: American rower begins epic 6,000 mile solo journey across Pacific
 
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Unless she gets sick/hurt, runs out of provisions or the biggest threat, her mind beats her. I don't see why she shouldn't make it.
 
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She probably has a better chance than that guy who's trying to swim the Pacific.
 
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hog88 said:
Unless she gets sick/hurt, runs out of provisions or the biggest threat, her mind beats her. I don't see why she shouldn't make it.
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If it was a matter of rowing that distance on a calm lake, she probably wouldn't have much of a problem. But the weather or getting in a bad current might be her undoing.
 
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hog88 said:
Unless she gets sick/hurt, runs out of provisions or the biggest threat, her mind beats her. I don't see why she shouldn't make it.
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Have you ever seen The Perfect Storm, by chance?
 

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hog88 said:
That's why communications will be vital. Those dumbasses drove right into that storm.
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Lol. This is true. She still has worries ahead of her. Even though I'm sure the trip was well planned out, she's still gonna face some serious adversity along the way. No way around it. Hopefully, she makes it, but there are a LOT of things that will stand in her way before it's done.
 
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