Female Rowers Break World Record, Crossing Pacific In 34 Days, 14 Hours And 11 Minutes
Huff PostFour courageous women just broke a world record — after braving dehydration and debilitating heat. Cramped in a small American Spirit rowboat, Libby Costello, Sophia Denison-Johnston, Brooke Downes and Adrienne Smith of the Lat35 team spent 34 days, 14 hours and 11 minutes rowing across the Pacific Ocean — and finished Tuesday in world-record time. The all-female team, which documented its journey on Instagram, traversed more than 2,400 nautical miles from San Francisco to Honolulu and operated in two-hour shifts, according to “Good Morning America.” It was the first time they rowed unassisted and in the open sea, with only about 90 minutes of shut-eye at a time. The Great Pacific Race touts itself as “a race unlike any you’ve ever experienced before” and kicked off beneath the Golden Gate Bridge on June 21 with Oahu’s shores as the finish line. The Lat35 team broke the women’s world record for the race; a four-man team set a world record of 30 days, 7 hours and 30 minutes for the race in 2021.
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