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Jeff Grigg
in reply to Vee • • •News: "Female American rower speaks after completing record-breaking solo journey from CA to HI.
Grand Canyon river rafting guide Kelsey Pfendler became the first American woman and fastest person to successfully row solo across the mid-Pacific region, from California to Hawaii."
-- ABC7 Los Angeles
abc7.com/post/female-american-…
Female American rower speaks after completing record-breaking solo journey from CA to HI
Suzanne Yeo and Yi-Jin Yu (ABC7 Los Angeles)Vee
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in reply to Jeff Grigg • • •Phil 📸
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She is indeed a badass.
But for the media, who did interviews with her via Starlink along the way, it was a "too easy" accomplishment.
The issue isn't about Kelsey breaking records, it is about how the media treats amazing people who become too accessible to them.
The drama of record-setting exploration like this ls being measured on the same scale as YouTubers thru-hiking after soliciting equipment sponsorships.
This is in a completely different category.
jpw_owl
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in reply to Jeff Grigg • • •Oh cool, she's also a Grand Canyon river guide.
Scott Wilson 🌈
in reply to Vee • • •I was excited to read about her accomplishment! I admire her greatly, as I do one of my heroes, Jacky Hunt-Broersma. Another total #badass!
Like me, she’s a cancer survivor. She serves as reminder that I can do hard things… just like Kelsey! OK well maybe not just like them… 😅
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacky_Hu…
Jacky Hunt-Broersma - Wikipedia
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in reply to Vee • • •I seem to recall seeing somewhere she’s established three things with this: fastest time ever (any gender), first female ever, fastest female ever.
Okay, maybe the first and last can be blurred, but those actually are different record entries, so I say it’s three in total.
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Correction: you would kill with those arms...🤣
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WOW! I didn't know...she's amazing!
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in reply to Duckbilled Plattypus. • • •@pattykimura Power to her!
Having been a guide on 3 private trip on the Grand Canyon (plus many other river trips), I could see where the pro guides could use some help. Its a lot of really strenuous physical work to get downriver, setup camp, cook, clean and pack every day. Plus each trip is a long time to be away from family, even though you're around (often, very lazy) customers.
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in reply to Vee • • •It made it to the front page of 🍊🕸️
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
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in reply to Vee • • •oh yeah? well i've tried every flavor of my grocery store's store brand ice cream
you tell me what is more impressive
Vee
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in reply to Vee • • •So ... logistical question ... does she (and others of her particular brand of crazy!) sleep at all? Doesn't the boat drift when the "motor" is off?
I mean, she must 'cause ... 43 days is a long time with no sleep. Curious how that works when you are unsupported.
WesDym
in reply to Come On Giant Asteroid! • • •@VE2UWY 'Unsupported' means that you are on the boat for the entire time (sleeping or not), and do not receive extra supplies or assistance along the way. But such voyages are followed by observer vessels which can respond quickly in an emergency.
Yes, you do have to sleep, and unless you can anchor (which you usually can't in open ocean), the boat will drift, yes.
Tattie
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in reply to Vee • • •Pseudo Nym
in reply to Vee • • •Thank you for posting this. Criminally underreported indeed. This is the first I saw.
All I can say is "eff yeah! "
Good on her, and that's amazing.
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in reply to Vee • • •(S+) Extremsportlerin Kelsey Pfendler: 43 Tage allein auf dem Pazifik, nur Wasser, Wind und zwei Kuscheltiere
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in reply to Vee • • •When Gérard d'Abbovile rowed accross the atlantic ocean (the first French to do it) I remember almost daily updates in the news about his progress.
It is sad that the women equivalent is so underexposed.
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in reply to Vee • • •WesDym
in reply to Vee • • •Because OP supplied no alt-text:
"It has been criminally under-reported, but Kelsey Pfendler [US] has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast [Monterrey, Calif.] to [Honolulu] Hawaii in record time. A 2400-mile [~ 3860 km] unsupported journey in 42 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the men's record by 9 whole days."
(The image is a Bsky post with a photo of her, with that text, which I've lightly edited.)
More info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_P…
Kelsey Pfendler - Wikipedia
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