Disability 101: Rowing an ocean
Just got off a phone call. A typical day: it has been raining all day today. The talk today was pretty refreshing. read some interesting stuff at http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20090817/NEWS/908169986/1078&ParentProfile=1055:
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- Yes, Angela is a veteran of the U.S..Marine Corps.
- Her first Atlantic crossing was supposed to be in 2006, but due to circumstances beyond her control, that trip had to be scrapped.
- At last, she and Franck Festor, a single below-the-knee amputee, entered the pairs class of the Woodvale Challenge 2007 Atlantic Rowing Race.
- They left the Canary Islands on December 2, 2007 and arrived to Antigua successfully 66 days, 23 hours, and 24 minutes later on February 7, 2008.
- Noting one difference between rowers with disabilities and rowers without disabilities, she states, “We know how to tolerate pain and suffering better than others do.”Angela founded and is the director of the California Adaptive Rowing Program in Long Beach, California providing training for competitive and recreational rowing for individuals with physical and developmental disabilities.
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