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Old 06-07-2015, 03:41 PM
 
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Good luck to her!

US woman sets out on 6,000-mile Pacific crossing by rowboat

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The best part of being on the ocean for weeks at a time, says Sonya Baumstein, is the stars. The worst? Being wet, all the time.

Baumstein, an athlete from Orlando, Florida, waited for weeks to set out in her custom-designed rowboat from Choshi, a port east of Tokyo, headed for San Francisco. With a few last-minute adjustments to her supplies and a brief call to her parents, she rowed out of the marina on Sunday, a tiny sliver on the glittering horizon, hoping to finish the 6,000-mile (9,600-kilometer) journey by late September and become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific.
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Old 06-07-2015, 05:06 PM
 
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Wonder how long she will last until Coast Guard has to pick her up?
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Old 06-07-2015, 05:08 PM
 
Location: One of the 13 original colonies.
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Another Darwin Award candidate!
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Old 06-07-2015, 05:10 PM
 
Location: Mars
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That's crazy, amazing, and scary all at the same time! Good luck!
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Old 06-07-2015, 05:25 PM
 
Location: The High Seas
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How many times can you sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"?
We're about to find out.
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Old 06-07-2015, 05:39 PM
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At first thought she was on a slow boat to China trying to find one of our exported jobs.
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Old 06-07-2015, 07:12 PM
 
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At first thought she was on a slow boat to China trying to find one of our exported jobs.
Lol, you have me imagining an American woman walking around China screaming, You stole my job," over and over again.
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Old 06-07-2015, 07:22 PM
 
Location: southern kansas
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I wish this woman good luck, because she's going to need it. But I can't help but feel that this probably isn't going to end well.
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Old 06-07-2015, 07:25 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles>Little Rock>Houston>Little Rock
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I am interested in following her progress. She has balls, I'll give her that.
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Old 06-07-2015, 09:47 PM
 
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I am interested in following her progress. She has balls, I'll give her that.
Does that mean that she is like Bruce Jenner?
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