http://rowforwater.com Katie Spotz' solo row across the Atlantic Ocean for safe drinking water Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:24:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Katie is now within the final 150nm of her epic voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Normally, that would still be a massive distance to row but, when you've already covered the best part of 3,000 miles (if you include all the wiggly bits!), it becomes the final straight. As many ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1570/ Today was one of the few days where I relished in my decision to wear clothes. Let me take a step back... First: no, I'm not an exhibitionist, but salt has a way of making any fabric rough. With rowing and moving my entire body all day, chafing can be prevented ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1564/ I first became aware of Katie and her adventure through a newspaper article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in February 2008. She was still in college and in the early stages of dreaming and planning the adventure that has now become a reality. As someone who has spent a professional ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1454/ I set off from Dakar on January 3 to complete a solo, unsupported, mainland-to-mainland row across the Atlantic Ocean. That's still what I intend to do and I'm going to do whatever I can to achieve it. Even if that means rowing an extra 400 miles! Some of you may have ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1546/ Behind door number one is ... Holsatia Express. Door number two ... Omega Emmanuel. And number three ... Jose Breeze. I have officially entered tanker territory! With larger waves around 7 to 10ft, it makes for a slightly unnerving experience. My boat can easy tuck away so that I am ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1534/ I may or may not have named a few of the dorados that have been following under my boat — Ed, Edd, and Eddie. Today was not a good day for Edd. As I started to dig around in the hatches for my next meal, I noticed a hungry visitor or ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1448/ Lots of long, dramatic “Noooooo!”s, mixed in with a few “Why?!!!”s, just for kicks, today. There it was, a few miles away: a chat with a human being. Or a poker game. Or maybe a little bartering of energy bars for anything but. I’m not really sure what the appropriate ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1443/ Another late night entertaining guests. Noisy and messy ones. They flew by a bit after sunset, fought over a perching spot, and turned my boat into their nest for the night. It’s nice to meet these birds up close and personal. One picked a spot less than six inches away ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1420/ We are so thrilled at the response that Katie Spotz has generated and the awareness that it is building for the global water crisis. We at Blue Planet Run have known ever since we met Katie that she was a unique, powerful, focused woman who set impossible goals and met ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1392/ The alarm clock this morning — a bird. Chirping away, and when I looked out the hatch I saw twenty or thirty more. For the past week, I wake up to see these birds, watch them while rowing, and then, right after the sun sets, they all fly away. They ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1399/