Four brave women broke the world record after bravely confronting dehydration and debilitating fever.
Cramped Libby Costello, Sophia Denison Johnston, Brookdowns and Adrian Smith rowed the Pacific Ocean 34 days, 14 hours, 11 minutes on a small American Spirit rowboat from the Lat35 team, setting a world record on Tuesday.
All the women’s teams who recorded the trip on Instagram crossed over 2,400 nautical miles from San Francisco to Honolulu, operating in a two-hour shift. According to “Good Morning America”. It was the first time they rowed in the open sea without assistance, and they had only about 90 minutes of shut eyes at a time.
“I feel completely overwhelmed by love in the best possible way, and I’m exhausted,” Denison-Johnston said when he stepped onto solid ground, “Good Morning America.” Told to.
Great Pacific Race touts itself As a “race I’ve never experienced”, I kicked off the coast of Oahu on June 21st under the Golden Gate Bridge as a finish line. The four women arrived in record time, but their success was uncertain.
“The last sights of the land as we embark on this once-in-a-lifetime journey are the beautiful and impressive Farallon Islands and the world-famous Seal Rock, followed by thousands of miles of open water,” said the Race Web. The site explains.
“You will be one with the boat, closer to your teammates than previously thought, and experience nature in ways that documentaries and tours cannot reproduce. Your team is physically, with the greatest power on the planet. , Mental and emotional challenges. The sea. “
The Great Pacific Race has won a remarkable victory since the first year of 2014. This includes over 16 Guinness World Records, including the oldest and youngest people across the Pacific and the first blind athletes.
The Lat35 team broke the women’s world record in the race. A team of four set a world record of 7 hours and 30 minutes on the 30th in the 2021 race.
The Lat35 team suffered from seasickness and endured strong winds while scraping off pre-packaged meals in rough seas, recognizing that fans who followed the dispatch could overcome what seemed impossible at first glance. I want to get it.
“What I want people to take away is that these women are great, but we’re not superhuman,” Downs said. “There is nothing that makes us different from others when we are born.”
Costello, a trade environmental engineer, was the chief engineer of the crew. According to PopSugar.. Denison-Johnston was the lead drug and skipper, Downs navigated and worked as the second drug, and Smith paid attention to the logistics of their stunning campaign.
“Like us, the sea is desolate … and we keep rolling with a heartfelt laugh at what she gave us!” Smith’s caption One of her last Instagram posts at sea.. “We read your message as a group and are in awe of how our decision to live big is inspiring you and your family.”
The women’s Lat35 team also took advantage of their volatile mission to raise funds for the American Anxiety and Depression Association.
Ultimately, these women just wanted to inspire — and definitely succeeded.
“We inspired different types of people, which is really important,” Costello told “Good Morning America.”
