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Adventurer Sarah Outen breaks records with row from Japan to Alaska

Sidney — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:00:50 +0000

Sarah Outen at sea (Photo via the Independent)

BY JANE EISNER
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Adventurer Sarah Outen, twenty-eight, has become the first woman and out lesbian to row from Japan to Alaska. Outen began her journey in Choshi, Japan on April 27. After spending five months alone on the sea she arrived in a small town in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska on Monday, September 23.

On her journey a few momentous events took place. She capsized five times, was circled by a shark—and got engaged to her girlfriend via a satellite phone call in the middle of the ocean.

In 2009 Outen rowed alone from Australia to Mauritius, becoming the youngest person and first female to row solo across the Indian Ocean.

Out swimmer Diana Nyad breaks world records with Cuba to Key West swim

Sidney — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 01:43:14 +0000

(Photo: Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)

BY TRISH BENDIX
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Diana Nyad broke world records this weekend when she swam 102 miles from Cuba to Key West without stopping. When it was finished, she had swam 52 hours and 54 minutes through the Devil’s Triangle without any protective gear or shark cages. The out swimmer emerged from the ocean and spoke to the press and her cheering supporters, saying she had three things she wanted to tell everyone: “One is, we should never ever give up. Two is, you’re never too old to chase your dreams. Three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it’s a team.”