10 Degrees Latitude » Alcatraz http://www.10degreeslatitude.com Traverse 10 Degrees of Latitude on every continent. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:32:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Training: Rowing the San Francisco Bay http://www.10degreeslatitude.com/2009/04/rowing-the-san-francisco-bay/ http://www.10degreeslatitude.com/2009/04/rowing-the-san-francisco-bay/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:44:27 +0000 neal http://www.10degreeslatitude.com/?p=1937 More adventurous training. Last week I completed two important rows (for myself). I rowed 4-miles to Alcatraz from Ghirardelli Square and 8-miles to the Golden Gate Bridge from Ghirardelli Square. Both rows are done frequently by other members of the Dolphin Club, but they are new to me and therein lies the adventure.

Oh, how quickly I leave the protection of the city. Just a few miles off shore and I am totally cutoff. I see the sky scrapers and houses, but could not scream to them if I capsize. No one can help me out here, I am self-reliant. This feeling of self-reliance is really healthy, I think, to put life into perspective. So much of life has safety nets, it’s nice to feel the pressure of pure objective danger. And it’s nice when I dock the boat and that danger vanishes. If only life were as simple as rowing.

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Jennifer Figge, a 56-year-old endurance athlete from Aspen, Colorado, plans to swim 2,100 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa to Barbados, between Puerto Rico and Venezuela. She will swim behind a sailboat in a giant shark cage for 6-8 hours per day, hoping to finish in 60 days. She swim will begin December 1st. 

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