....can be an amazing thing.
At 70 years old, he made his third solo crossing of the Atlantic in a kayak
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....can be an amazing thing.
At 70 years old, he made his third solo crossing of the Atlantic in a kayak
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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I've always wondered why people do this sort of thing. It is a tremendous achievement, no doubt, and his age adds to the whole thing, but what possessed him to do this in the first place, let alone three times?
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I agree with Kevin. Give me a 65' Swan Sloop, not a kayak....
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I think it's not too much of a stretch to think him possibly a bit of an eccentric, but be that as it may, my hat is off to him.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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