That's Katie Spotz, a 22 year old adventurer from Mentor Ohio. Last Sunday, she paddled her row boat into Georgetown, Guyana (South America), after rowing all the way from Dakar, Senegal (Africa). She left Dakar, on January 3rd. She became the youngest person to row SOLO across the Atlantic, a distance of some 2,817 miles from her starting point to the finish, and she did it in 70 days.
The following is from the attached article:
According to the Ocean Rowing Society, she is the 43rd person to complete this east-to-west row across the Atlantic. The previous record for the youngest solo ocean rower was set by Oliver Hicks, a 23-year-old from Great Britain who rowed from New Jersey to England in 2005.
To find out more about this amazing young lady, and to view more photos, go here.
H/T: mckte
