Rowing Across The Pacific

Roz Savage is an inspiring woman that is rowing across the pacific ocean. She departed from California at midnight last night and is going to be blogging from a PC in her high tech row boat. Here is a bit from her first entry after departure:

Last night, at a few minutes to midnight, I pushed away from the dock at the Presidio Yacht Club and rowed out under San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. That makes it all sound very easy. In fact it took me a ridiculous amount of time to row the very short distance from the club to the bridge. The tide was supposed to be “slack”, but it still seemed to be coming in pretty forcefully and I was rowing hard just to stay still. But as with many things, you put all the hard work in and then when the time is right it suddenly all comes good and you make rapid progress. So after about half an hour of going nowhere, the tide finally turned, I passed under the Golden Gate Bridge, and rowed out into the darkness beyond.

I look forward to following Roz’s progress as she goes on this adventure. The last time, she attempted the feat, she ended up needing to be rescued because of equipment failure and dangerous seas. Click here to read more about her adventures and the rest of her blog post.