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NEWS - China explorer Adelaide 'Su-Lin' Young dies
Sunday, May 18, 2008 – Hercules, CA.
SF Chronicle Article, by Patricia Yollin
In the 1930s, Adelaide "Su-Lin" Young, the pampered and glamorous daughter of a New York nightclub owner, morphed into one of the first female explorers to venture into the part of China devastated by last week's earthquake.
It was an unlikely transformation that led to an unusual distinction: She became the namesake for two giant pandas living in the United States.
"She was very strong," Jackie Wan said of her mother. "She had to be to do what she did."
NEWS - RACING TO VICTORY AND LEAVING THE MEN AND THE DOUBTERS BEHIND
APRIL 21, 2008 – Motegi, Japan
New York Times Article, by Dave Campbell
Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to win an IndyCar race The 26 year old, became the first woman to win an IndyCar race when she defeated the two-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves by nearly siz seconds in the Indy Japan 300. "I feel way to young to be giving life advice, but this is a great platform to have, " Patrick said Sunday night by phone from L.A., where she landed after a virtually sleepless flight from Japan. "This reaches outside racing. This is about finding something you love to do, and following through with it." Read More on Danica >
NEWS - NINETY FIVE IDITAROD MUSHERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO NOME -
21 of which are women
March 2, 2008 – Willow, Alaska
Its called The Last Great Race on Earth From Anchorage, in south central Alaska, to Nome on the western Bering Sea coast, each team of 12 to 16 dogs and their musher cover over 1150 miles in 10 to 17 days.
The stage was set today in Willow Alaska for what could be the most competitive race in Iditarod Trail history. Ninety five teams left beautiful Willow Lake saying goodbye to thousands of fans who lined up to witness race history; a field that shattered the previous record... Read More on the Iditarod
NEWS - Gitana: a genuine passion for sailing
January 21, 2008 – Southbound in the Atlantic
As early as 1876, Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild became the fastest yachting lady on the planet aboard the first Gitana, a 25-metre steamboat, on Lake Leman. She repeated this feat in 1898 with Gitana II,
reaching the hitherto unrivalled speed of 26.03 knots! The preface to the Gitana story was being written…
Currently, the 110-ft catamaran Gitana 13 is blasting southeast down the Atlantic, five days into a nonstop record attempt at the 14,000-mile Route de l’Or: the ‘route of gold’ from New York to San Francisco. Read More on the Gitana
NEWS - Paddler Profile - Kay Henry
Canoe Entrepreneur
Kay Henry, 60, launched a boating revolution in 1971 when she founded Mad River Canoe Company with then-husband Jim.
NEWS - Roz Savage Bidding to Become First Woman to Row Solo Across Pacific Ocean
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2007
Voyage on 24-foot Rowboat Named The Brocade Builds Awareness for Ocean Pollution Crisis
NEWS - Margo Pellegrino is paddling an outrigger canoe nearly 2,000 miles — from Miami, FL to Camden, ME
MAIMI, May 7th, 2007
in the hopes that she can show her children how to make a difference in the world and inspire others
to take an active role in the stewardship of our oceans.
NEWS - Fontenoy Finishes Westabout Circumnavigation Under Jury Rig
March 19 - Reunion Island, Indian Ocean
Maud Fontenoy completed her westabout circumnavigation under jury rig last Wednesday.
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NEWS - French Woman Circumnavigator Dismasted on non-stop singlehanded circumnavigation
February 14 - Indian Ocean
Just days from completing a non-stop westabout solo circumnavigation, France's Maud Fontenoy lost the carbon fiber mast on her 85-ft sloop
L'Oreal Paris.
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NEWS - Paige Railey Has Been Crowned US Sailing's 2006 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year.
Paige Railey, who was also named ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year in 2006, has been short-listed for
this award every year since 2002.
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NEWS - Amazing Race Couch Potato Wannabe's, Get Packed for a REAL Around the World Travel Adventure Competition
(Santa Monica, CA - 10 January 2007) The annual year end polls have
been tallied. All the magazine reader surveys conducted. And the
hottest travel blog's have been monitored...and the results for the
Ultimate 2007 Top 10 Travel To Do List are in! Here's the Top 10
things that travelers want to do in 2007:
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NEWS - Pilot breaks the Air Force's gender barrier First female Thunderbird pilot flies with elite team
It is the most exclusive club in the Air Force. The Thunderbirds have had only 163 pilots since the team's creation in 1953 N each one accomplished, confident, the best of the best.
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STORIES - The Mokoro Trail - Botswana
"Lion!" yells Gabolyo as he rams his long wooden pole into the clear shallow waters and propels our sturdy mokoro to the shore. In an instant, our old, leathery-skinned
guide jumps from the wooden craft onto the island's muddy edge and commands us to
follow quickly.
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