Rowing from Africa to South America

January 4th, 2010 by Bunny

Katie's boat

Katie Spotz is rowing from Africa to South America to raise awareness of the need for safe drinking water and money to do something about it. You can follow her progress on her Row for Water website. She’s rowing a custom 19 foot boat that’s designed for the ocean. It holds months of provisions, gear, freshwater, and has solar power for desalination, satellite phone, radio and radar. The boat is supposed to be seaworthy in 30 foot waves.

Endurance events are well known to Katie. She was the first person to swim the 325 mile long Allegheny River. She’s also cycled 3,300 miles across the USA, ran 150 miles across the Mojave and Colorado desert, and complete a 62-mile ultramarathon in Australia.

Sabrina Walasek of Blue Planet Run Foundation says this of Katie:

“I met Katie last spring at the Blue Planet Run 24-hour trail relay. Throughout the last several months, I have had the pleasure of getting to know her better and I continue to be awed by her abilities and endurance. Not only is she a tremendous athlete, she is such a thoughtful human being. We are fortunate to have her support in providing safe drinking water to people worldwide.

I hope that many other athletes and young people are inspired by her compassion and commitment to improving the world. She never gives up and she never forgets the billion plus people who wake up each day without safe drinking water.”

Read more about her cause and donate.

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5 Responses to “Rowing from Africa to South America”

  1. Digital Rabbit » Blog Archive » Katie: 300 miles down; 2,200 to go Says:
    January 12th, 2010 at 6:04 am

    [...] Her quest is to be the youngest person to row across the Atlantic Ocean. (See the first post on her Rowing from Africa to South America.) Cayenne, French Guiana is getting closer every day! Help her raise money for the Blue Planet Run [...]

  2. Digital Rabbit » Blog Archive » What would you do during 70 days alone at sea? Says:
    January 20th, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    [...] Spotz is on day 17 of her rowing voyage from Africa to South America. She expect it will take from 70 -to 100 days to complete the trip. What would you do during that [...]

  3. Digital Rabbit » Blog Archive » Help! My Water is Glowing! Says:
    January 28th, 2010 at 6:02 am

    [...] never seen the ocean glow, but Katie Spotz did this week. She has been rowing in the Atlantic Ocean for 3 weeks now, getting closer to South [...]

  4. Digital Rabbit » Blog Archive » Katie is more than halfway across the ocean Says:
    February 17th, 2010 at 6:05 am

    [...] Spotz started rowing from Africa to South America more than 44 days ago. On February 9, she reached the halfway point. Read Katie’s blog and [...]

  5. Digital Rabbit » Blog Archive » Katie says “Who ate Edd?” Says:
    March 5th, 2010 at 6:05 am

    [...] Spotz on a previous adventure. This is one fit woman!Katie Spotz has been rowing across the Atlantic for more than 61 days. A few dorados have been following her boat for awhile, so she named them Ed, [...]

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