Yes, it was Murden. She just landed on Guadeloupe after 81 days. She's the first woman to cross the Atlantic paddling solo. You can read the NY times article on it by going to http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Rowing-Quest.html BTW, I knew Peter Bird who did the same in the early 70's. The rowboat he paddled is on exhibit in the maritime museum at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. He next tried the Pacific leaving from Calif., and was rescued when he was found in a hallucinatory state near Hawaii (state of mind not state of the union). On his next attempt of the Pacific, he disappeared and was never seen again. Very sad. Does anyone know of a list of who has made successful crossings of the Atlantic and Pacific rowing solo? Hank Berger *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Dec 04 1999 - 04:58:49 PST
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