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Rowing Across the Atlantic

Posted by michael on from the gosh-are-my-arms-tired dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Wired News has an article about 68 men and women who are rowing across the Atlantic. "All 34 boats in this year's race are equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and practically all the rowers have satellite phones and other wireless gadgets with Internet access.""

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  1. Should I be impressed? by rho · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Other than the physical exertion, what's the big deal? This isn't remarkably more dangerous than sitting down at a Nautilus machine for the equivalent ammount of time.

    Once upon a time, there were people who set out across the ocean who didn't know what might appear on the other side of the horizon, never knowing if they would get rich, get killed, or get laid. Those were adventurers. These people are simply fame-seekers.

    Bah.

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