England’s Jasmine Harrison, 21, becomes youngest woman to row solo across an ocean, to make history.
The following written content by Chris Bumbaca
All Jasmine Harrison wanted to do was go it alone. She wound up making history in the process.
The 21-year-old from the landlocked town of Thirsk, England, set a world record as the youngest female to row solo across any ocean — 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes — by finishing the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge on Saturday, according to organizer Atlantic Campaigns.
Harrison’s traverse began in Spain and ended 3,000 miles away in Antigua. She lit a pair of flares as she cruised into the harbor.
A Twitter account that tracked her journey posted: “A near collision with a drilling ship, two capsizes, lots of peanut butter and Nutella consumed, visits from dolphins and a world record.”
Happening to be in Antigua for the finish of the the 2018 challenge planted the seed for such a feat in Harrison’s mind, she wrote on her personal website. While traveling through Europe a year later, she made the official decision she would try.
“Especially because then I could be the youngest solo female to ever row an ocean and try and inspire more young people, particularly girls to just give something a go,” she wrote. “The more it scares you the more achievement you can gain. Anxiety is now such a common thing over some of the smallest of tasks, I would be lying if I wasn’t scared to do this knowing all the daunting obstacles that I will face, so I am asking support from everybody so that confidence boosting can be a universal normalized (sic) compliment. Read more from USA.
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