Adventure News & Treks

Roz Savage rows 99 days to Hawaii

Sept 2nd, 2008 – Waikiki, Hawaii

Ninety-nine days after she rowed west beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, Roz Savage on landed Monday in a much different setting: Hawaii.

Savage, who set out from San Francisco on May 25 in an attempt to become the first woman to row alone across the Pacific Ocean, rowed before dawn through the choppy waters of Molokai Channel off Waikiki. After daylight she was met by supporters in a boat dispatched by the Waikiki Yacht Club.

The English-born Savage rowed the Atlantic Ocean in 2005, then spent two years in the cottage of a Woodside supporter while lining up sponsors for what is projected to be a three-part, 7,200-mile journey ending in Australia. She first set off in her customized 24-foot rowboat last year, but that launch foundered after 10 days.

This summer, though, Savage was able to settle into a routine of days spent rowing for 12 to 15 hours, followed in part by updating her Web site via modem and satellite phone.

Savage, who describes the goal of her voyage as "trying to raise awareness of the amount of plastic pollution in the ocean," will resume rowing next spring.

Besides food, a sea anchor and two laptop computers, Savage traveled with four iPods containing audio books - a diversion she didn't have on the Atlantic.

"I listened to 62 books," Savage said in a telephone call from her Waikiki hotel. "They passed the time and helped keep me sane."

Barbara Euser finally arrives in Hanalei Bay, Kauai in the 2008 Singlehanded TransPac Sailing Race

Photo courtesy of Latitude 38

August 2nd, 2008 – Hanalei Bay, Kauai

Barbara Euser is the only to compete in this years Singlehanded TransPac Sailing Race from San Francisco to Kauai, Hawaii. She was last heard from on July 22, having reported battery charging issues since almost the start of the race.

While everyone was concerned about her well-being, memories of the 2004 Solo TransPac - when Euser's SBB conked out early on, leaving her to finish the race with no way to communicate - gave a bit of comfort. The fact that Euser is also an accomplished sailor with several ocean crossings under her belt also left folks confident in her abilities to find her way to Kauai.

Finally, at 6 a.m. this morning, Euser was able to reach her husband Dean Crowell, who arrived on-island two days ago, via cell phone. She reported that she was 20 miles distant and that none of her radios were working. The Race Committee quickly relayed the message to a much-relieved fleet. Around 12:30 today, Islander crossed the finish line and made way to the middle of the Bay.

Anne Quéméré's Wing over the Pacific Ocean Voyage

Photo courtesy of the blue project.org

Friday, July 4th, 2008 – San Francisco, CA.

Anne Quéméré is the only woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean in both directions on the Southern and Northern routes and she has also cross the Atlantic on a third occasion by kite sailing from New York to France. This time, Anne Quéméré will attempt to cross 7000 kilometers over the Pacific Ocean in a tiny kite boat...

Anne Quéméré will kite from San Francisco to the French Polynesian Islands, crossing from the Northern to the Southern hemisphere and the Equator's infamous "doldrums" also known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone.

Anne Quéméré's determination, courage and perseverance are well established by her three previous crossings of the Atlantic Ocean. 2008 will be the year of yet a more demanding challenge and sports event. she will establish a new route for kite sailing on an ocean which bears but a peaceful name - the project called "Wing over the Pacific".

China explorer Adelaide 'Su-Lin' Young dies.

Photo courtesy of the family

Sunday, May 18, 2008 – Hercules, CA.

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."

Mrs. Young died on April 17 of natural causes in a home-care facility in Hercules. She was 96.

Born in New York City in 1911 and raised by a family that had its own chauffeur, she traded luxury for adventure when she married explorer Jack Young in 1933.

The next year, the bride left with her husband, brother-in-law Quentin Young and others on a nine-month expedition to China to acquire specimens for the Museum of Natural History in New York.

"As the sole woman in the company of men, she was an oddity if not scandalous," said Jolly King, one of Mrs. Young's three daughters. "It was not accepted at that time."

Mrs. Young, believed to be the first American female explorer to enter the Tibetan-Himalayan region, figured she could apply the skills she'd acquired at camp in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It was harder than she thought.

In China, she learned to cook over a campfire in the snow, make bread in a discarded tin, sleep with a loaded pistol under her pillow to fend off bandits, and take shelter where she could, including Tibetan yurts, when the rest of the expedition was elsewhere. She drew a crowd wherever she went, even while doing something as simple as brushing her teeth.

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Read the NYTimes Book Review of The Lady and the Panda -
The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal By Vicki Constantine Croke.

Danica Patrick races to victory in her first IndyCar win.

Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images

APRIL 21, 2008 – Motegi, Japan

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."

There was a time when Patrick could not have competed in Sunday's race. A few years before, Janet Guthrie, an earospace engineer and road racer, became the first woman to qualify for the Indy 500 in 1977, women were not allowed in the press box, the garage area or the pits.

As Guthrie wrote in "Life at Full Throttle", an account of her career in racing, women were dismissed as lacking the strength, endurance and emotional stability to compete against men. A woman on the track itself was unthinkable."

On Sunday, Guthrie showed little surprize at Patrick's victory.

"Anybody who didn't think she had a chance of winning just hasn't been paying attention," Guthrie, 70, said in a telephone interview from her home in Aspen, Colorado. "She's been in the hunt for a long time. It was just a matter of time, as far as I'm concerned."

Guthrie then said, " I absolutely hope this will put all of the naysayers to rest."

See Full New York Times Article, by Dave Campbell >
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2008 Iditarod Ends With 78 Official Finishers

March 19, 2008

There are 21 Women Mushers
Read more on their profiles

The 2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officially ended at 8:36 this Evening (Alaska Time) when Auke Bay Alaska musher Deborah Bicknell (Bib #21) ended her journey under the Burled Arch in Nome Alaska with a breathtaking sunset at her back. The 62 year old musher made the trek from Willow to Nome in 15 days, 5 hours, 36 minutes and 12 seconds. Bicknell was greeted by a large crowd of well wishers at the finish line including Loren Prosser Wells Fargo Bering Sea Community Bank President who awarded her with the highly coveted Wells Fargo Red Lantern. Bicknell then ended the 2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race by blowing out the Widow’s Lamp, signifying that all mushers and their teams were safely off the Iditarod Trail. Tomorrow, (March 18th) the Red Lantern Awards Banquet will be held in Nome at the Mini Convention Center beginning at 6:00pm (Alaska Time). The public is invited to attend.

Go to the Iditarod Website to see more photos, videos and stories.

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 of Gold.

Photo Courtesy Gitana 13
© 2007 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.
January 21, 2008

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. After a bumpy start — the boat was sailing double reefed for the first few days in shifty winds and choppy seas — G-13 is currently riding the tradewinds southeast under full sail, gobbling up the Atlantic ocean at the rate of 26+ knots for the last 24 hours.

Gitana 13 (built in 2001 as Innovation Explorer for The Race) left New York last Wednesday. The record she is attempting to break is currently held by Yves Parlier, whose Open 60 Aquitaine Innovations covered the route in 1998’s The Gold Race in 57 days, 3 hours, 21 minutes. The multihull record, set in 1989 by Georgs Kolisnikov’s 53-ft trimaran Great American, is 76 days, 23 hours, 20 minutes. By the way, all these ‘gold’ references harken back to the days when sailing ships delivered gold seekers to California from the east. The best of the best back then was the 229-ft clipper Flying Cloud, whose 1851 mark of 89 days, 21 hours stood for more than 130 years.
Go to the Gitana Website to see more photos, videos and stories.

Gitana 13 Crew Member: Marie Dixneuf
Born on 20 October 1979 in Cholet

Trained in composite materials, Marie is part of the composites team and has been involved with the production of numerous trimarans such as Loïck Peyron’s Fujifilm, Frédéric Le Peutrec’s Bayer for OCEA MAG France and the TIM for MIRA SRL. Operating in a man’s world, Marie is one of few women in the team.

Paddler Profile Kay Henry - Canoe Entrepreneur first appeared in Canoe & Kayak, august 2007 as told to Ed Winchester

Kay Henry, 60, launched a boating revolution in 1971 when she founded Mad River Canoe Company with then-husband Jim. Known for their innovative design, pioneering use of plastics, and trippy rabbit logo, the Vermont-based company ruled the whitewater canoe landscape for decades. Mad River was first in the industry to use Kevlar, and with their “You Can Canoe Day” demo program, became the first manufacturer to bring product to the people.

Henry honed her sales pitch on big water. In 1970, at whitewater pioneer Walt Blackadar’s urging, she kayaked the Grand Canyon, becoming one of the first women to do so. In 1989 she and second husband Rob Center outlasted 20-foot swells to win the 350-mile Arctic Canoe Race in Finland. Off the water, she’s served on boards for the Outdoor Industry Association and the conservation group American Rivers. Since selling Mad River Canoe to Confluence Watersports Company in 1999, Henry has applied her business acumen to the non-profit Northern Forest Canoe Trail, a 740-mile-long water trail she co-founded with Center. We caught up with her at her summer residence on the Maine Seacoast.

You can't sell boats to sit in somebody’s garage. That doesn’t do any good. If you can’t show people where they can use them and help protect those places as resources, why are we selling the product?

In the 1970s the outdoor industry was started from the heart. It was people who really believed in what they were doing. The activity came first. The money came second. That isn’t the way anymore.

Walt Blackadar said he was going to do a Grand Canyon trip. “You’ve got to come,” he said. We told him we didn’t have any money but he said he’d take our boats in trade. I was gulping because this was bigger water than I’d ever done—I was a novice kayaker. That was my first real introduction to big-water boating. We ended up selling our kayaks to pay for that, our canoes to pay for something else, and got home basically without anything.

Being outside is important. If we don’t have the access for people to experience that, then we’re losing what’s so unique to this country. Westerners don’t really understand this because they have so much public land.

In the business world if you wanted to do a project you figured out how to sell a couple more things to pay for it. As a stewardship group you have to ask someone else for the money. I find that more difficult.

One of the things we realized in making a premium product is that people had to try it and see before they were going to buy it. We basically started the demo business.

Sea kayakers are different than canoeists and whitewater kayakers are different than anybody. It’s hard to characterize a paddler. That was always the challenge when you were marketing to them.

Women are better at building teams.

They changed the logo, which I thought was very silly. Fine, so you can tell Vermont-made boats from North Carolina boats. People who know can tell the difference.

I believe nature deficit disorder is true. I grew up with a stream out back. Yes, I’d get muddy and I would come home with cuts and bruises and my mother dealt with it. Because in those days that was part of life. We’ve just overdone it for kids now.

The business had gotten big enough where the product was no longer the focus. It was just taking care of all the issues. Suddenly it was like, “Wait a minute, I love the outdoors. I love paddling.” And then you want to leave something and you get to that legacy thought: What will be around here after I go? That’s what the Northern Forest Canoe Trail is. This is a give back.

A canoe is a vehicle to take you somewhere.

I'm sorry that I hadn't kept the company a little bit longer and found a different kind of a home for it. It was a time that things were consolidating and it seemed like it made sense. I thought it was going in the right direction but I couldn’t control it afterwards. Money became more important than creating something.

Canoeing has been overshadowed by the kayak for a while. That’s a shame. People want instant gratification. It’s easier to keep a kayak in a straight line. In a canoe you’ve got to learn it a little bit more. There are certain things that need more technique than others.

For me, it's not the paddling anymore per se. It’s what you can do when you get there.

I'm an entrepreneur. I like to build things.

We were into the sports. We were doers and we sold our companies to the businesses. They’re into the world of making money and the heart’s gone out of it. How do we get the heart back into it? That’s a real issue I’m concerned with.

On the wall? That’s a 1923 Old Town. It was sold to a priest who had it on Lake Willoughby. When we had it restored all of its ribs were intact. It just needed to be re-canvassed. It’s a neat boat, and it just fits.

Our big challenge now is how to get youth out. They’re so involved in their gadgets that they’re not going to see and experience nature on its own terms. And if you don’t do that are you really going to protect this place?

There's a purpose to just being out in the woods.

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

Visit her blog of the voyage at: http://www.rozsavage.com/

In the early morning hours of mid- July, when the tides and winds are favorable, and with the Golden Gate Bridge as a backdrop, Roz Savage will embark upon a perilous journey across the Pacific Ocean alone in a 24-foot rowboat named The Brocade. Savage will attempt a three-part voyage that begins in San Francisco. The first leg of the passage originates in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and will end in the Hawaiian Island Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. The San Francisco-to-Hawaii stage spans 2,600 miles. Savage will then continue on to Tuvalu in the Southwest Pacific, followed by the final leg of her passage to Australia. If successful, Roz Savage will have rowed 6,700 miles, and she will be the first woman in history to row solo across the Pacific Ocean.

Savage's journey across the Pacific is being sponsored by Brocade and is a project of the Blue Frontier Campaign, a non-profit marine conversation organization, and is in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Sanctuary Program. Her mission is to raise awareness about the devastating effect plastic pollution is having on our oceans and marine wildlife.

At just five-foot-five and barely 120 pounds, Savage seems an unlikely candidate to row 6,700 miles alone. In fact, the 39-year-old, who hails from Cheshire, England, is no stranger to ocean rowing. In 2005, she was the only woman to compete in the 3,000-mile Atlantic Rowing Race from the Canary Islands to Antigua. She finished in 103 days.

While one ocean crossing would suffice for most, Savage will now set out across the Pacific Ocean because she is intent on conquering new challenges and motivating others to do the same. "A lot of people don't believe they can do anything to make a difference," said Savage. "I'm trying to show that one person and their actions can -- and do -- make a difference. The difference is in the little choices we make each day, whether it's in carrying canvas bags to the grocery store or choosing to recycle our plastic soda bottles. It all adds up, and we each need to do our bit."

Savage's boat is named The Brocade after title sponsor Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a leading provider of networked storage solutions that helps organizations connect, share, and manage their information.

"At Brocade, we focus on reducing the power that our products consume," said Mike Klayko, CEO of Brocade. "By sponsoring Roz's efforts, we hope to inspire others to take on the challenge of protecting the environment -- in any way that they can. We're very proud to be a part of this courageous journey, and we all look forward to following Roz's progress every step of the way."

"Roz's journey is a tremendous commitment to drawing awareness to the devastating pollution in our oceans," said David Helvarg, President of the Blue Frontier Campaign. "Researchers who've been tracking marine debris believe plastic in the ocean may be one of the most alarming and least-known environmental stories of our time."

Savage has also teamed up with NOAA and several other environmental organizations as part of her overall commitment to ocean conservation efforts.

There will be a Hawaiian-themed ceremonial launch on July 10 at the Presidio Yacht Club in Fort Baker's Horseshoe Cove. When Roz sets out on her journey she will carry a message in a bottle from the Superintendent of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary to the Superintendent of the Hawaiian sanctuaries, part of which will not be revealed until Roz lands at her destination. To learn more about Roz's journey across the Pacific, visit RozRowsTheBrocade.com. For information on the ceremonial launch, interview arrangements, or to secure b-roll, please contact Nicole Bilodeau at Ogilvy Public Relations.

About Brocade

Brocade(R) (Nasdaq: BRCD) is the leading provider of networked storage solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at www.brocade.com or contact the company at info@brocade.com

About The Blue Frontier Campaign

The Blue Frontier Campaign was founded in 2003 by David Helvarg, author of Blue Frontier -- Saving America's Living Seas and 50 Ways to Save the Ocean. It works to support seaweed (marine grassroots) efforts at the local, regional, and national level, with an emphasis on bottom-up organizing to bring the voice of citizen-activists into national decision-making that will impact our public seas. There are now some 2,000 blue groups working on ocean and coastal conservation but largely operating in isolation, and with little coordinated effort among them. Blue Frontier's mission is to strengthen this constituency through building unity, providing tools, and enhancing public awareness of both the challenges and solutions being offered by these groups to the various threats facing our living oceans. For more information, visit the Blue Frontier Web site at www.bluefront.org.

About the National Marine Sanctuaries

National marine sanctuaries are America's ocean and Great Lakes treasures. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) manages a system of 13 national marine sanctuaries and one marine national monument (National Marine Sanctuary System). Sanctuaries promote conservation while facilitating compatible commercial and recreational activities, and help preserve our Nation's natural and cultural treasures for future generations. To do this, marine sanctuaries conduct science and education activities and work with the public to manage and protect special areas of the marine environment. For more information, visit www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov.

This summer, Margo Pellegrino is paddling an outrigger canoe nearly 2,000 miles — from Miami, FL to Camden, ME

Miami, Fl 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.

This coastal paddle started as the simple desire of an ordinary woman to undertake an extraordinary event to bring attention to the current state of our ocean. Follow her journey here where her location is tracked daily, along with her weblog journal featuring anecdotes from her journey along with pictures and video clips that will be uploaded remotely. Learn more about Margo and read her mission statement.

Fontenoy Finishes Westabout Circumnavigation Under Jury Rig

©2007 Richard Bouhet/AFP
March 19 - Reunion Island, Indian Ocean
Maud Fontenoy completed her westabout circumnavigation under jury rig last Wednesday.

Last week, after five months alone at sea, Maud Fontenoy, the 29-year-old French wisp of a sailor who was dismasted last month just 2,000 miles from completing a westabout solo circumnavigation, crossed her outbound track at Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. Fontenoy was met last Wednesday by a small fleet to escort her into port. The next morning, the resilient and resourceful mariner stepped ashore for the first time since October and was greeted by thousands of supporters.

"These last five months have had numerous hellish moments, but I don't regret a thing," Fontenoy said moments after finishing her journey. "I've reached the conclusion that I have now come to my limit. It's not a question of strength, but of determination."

Fontenoy was just ten days from her destination on February 10 when the carbon fiber mast on her 85-ft sloop L'Oréal Paris snapped in benign conditions. She spent three days affecting repairs and constructing a jury rig out of the boat's 220-lb boom - a set up which saw her home safely, if a bit more slowly.

After dismasting, Fontenoy spent three back-breaking days maneuvering L'Oréal Paris' boom in place. The jury rig was strong enough to take her the remaining 2,000 miles.

"This trip has opened me up toward others," Fontenoy replied when asked about her future. "I think it will very probably be the last one I do by myself. I want to devote myself to others. But now I am really longing to have a shower and dress up like a girl."

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. Having set off from Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean last October, Fontenoy, a 29-year-old transatlantic and Pacific rower turned solo sailor, was just 2,000 miles and ten days from completing the trip when her mast snapped in half Saturday afternoon.

"I was sailing at a speed of seven knots in the most normal of seas with a 20-25 knot wind," related the stunned sailor. Fontenoy spent several hours cutting away the mast before conferring with her support team about a plan of action. They initially assumed she would have to abandon ship, so a German freighter changed course to offer assistance, but Fontenoy has since decided to construct a jury rig with the boat's 220-lb boom and try to finish on her own. "I don't want to abandon," she insisted. "I now have a healthy boat in which I feel safe."

The weather gods appear to be smiling down on the lovely and lively French lass as better weather with favorable winds are on their way. Even so, Fontenoy is looking at a few more weeks at sea, a bitter disappointment when she was so close to her goal. But you have to admire her grit.

Paige Railey Has Been Crowned US Sailing's 2006 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year.

(Photo Courtesy US Sailing) 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. A native of Clearwater, FL, and a St. Francis YC member, the honor is a testament to not only her early rise to the top of the sport but also her remarkable staying power over the years in the Laser Radial. Not yet 20, she rewrites the history books upon becoming the youngest woman ever to receive the Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Award - breaking the 12-year record held by Danielle Brennan, who was also 19 when she received the award (in 1994).

"This was a great year for me," said Railey, "and I'm extremely excited and happy to win this award. It is a huge honor to be chosen by the sailing community and to be included in such elite company."

Her victories this year included hard-fought wins at Semaine Olympique Fran?aise in Hy?res, France, and the ISAF World Sailing Games in Neusiedl, Austria. Railey said sub-par finishes in two major events led her to place more emphasis on her personal well-being prior to the Good Luck Beijing-2006 Qingdao International Regatta, the first test event in China at the venue of the 2008 Olympic Regatta. She focused on going into the regatta relaxed, a strategy that paid off as she amassed a substantial lead that secured her the gold medal before the final race of the series - a victory that she feels was her most important of the year. Winning a gold medal in Beijing next year is Railey's ultimate goal.

Amazing Race Couch Potato Wannabe's, Get Packed for a REAL Around the World Travel Adventure Competition that is on Everyone's 2007 Top Travel To Do Lists

And the Number One item on the Ultimate 2007 Top 10 Travel To Do List is:

Do all the above by participating in GreatEscape2007: The Global Scavenger Hunt!

So all you Amazing Race wannabe's that sit on the couch watching The Amazing Race, and say: "I could do that!"...Well, now you can! The 4th annual around-the-world travel competition is looking for fifty globetrotting adventurers to take A Blind Date With The WorldT and compete for the title of The World's Greatest TravelersT.

GreatEscape2007: The Global Scavenger HuntT, scheduled for next spring can be your ticket to fulfilling a dream adventure by offering the most intrepid of global travelers a three-week around-the-world travel adventure. Travelers will race from Los Angeles to New York--the long way!

Outside magazine calls The Global Scavenger Hunt, "...one of the most amazing trips in the world." A former participant said, "It is like Survivor, The Amazing Race and the Eco-Challenge all rolled into one except with MUCH more cultural interaction!"
Read more on the Global Scavenger Race>>

Pilot breaks the Air Force's gender barrier First female Thunderbird pilot flies with elite team

LAS VEGAS - 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. And every one of them a man, until now. Thirty-one-year-old Maj. Nicole Malachowski is at the controls of Thunderbird No. 3. "It's not about Nicole Malachowski," she says. "It's our whole team."
Read more and see the video on the NBC News website >>

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS DONNA LANGE?

The Musician, the Sailor and her 28-foot sailboat INSPIRED INSANITY

Virgin Island Based American Solo Sailor, Donna Lange, is heading North to New England to complete preparation for a One-Stop World Circumnavigation in the Roaring Forties.

I seek your help in support of women and children's rights to pursue happiness. We must work together in finding ways to join forces, to live in a peaceful world, allow every talent to be realized and every hand developed with the tools they posess to help themselves and others. Help me with support and ideas to promote knowledge of organizations supporting these goals.
Read more on Donna's website >>

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