Woman attempts to cross the Pacific in a row boat.... Makes it 150 miles

[helpmee]

Its a 6000 mile trip





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TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. woman attempting to cross the Pacific by rowboat has ended her solo attempt because of expected bad weather.

Sonya Baumstein was rescued off the Japanese coast on Saturday after sending out a distress signal, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.

The 30-year-old Baumstein departed from Choshi, Japan, one week ago, hoping to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific.

She was headed for San Francisco but sent out the signal on Saturday around 2:20 p.m. about 250 kilometers (155 miles) off the coast of Japan.

A freighter traveling nearby rescued her at around 5 p.m. (0800 GMT) Saturday and passed her on to a coast guard ship around 8:55 p.m. (1155 GMT), the Japanese coast guard said.

Baumstein was hoping to finish the 6,000-mile (9,600-kilometer) journey by late September.

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[Critter5592]

in her natural habitat

[Kadafi25]

What a fat idiot, almost as deluded as miscers.

[supman160]

I hope the Japanese rescue crew brought their harpoons

[Starred]

Lol women. Even a man with no arms could have done that easy

[adamsz]

She just wanted to be reunited with her brothers in sisters in the ocean!

[StiffSproles]

just a fat attention whore who was WKd into undertaking the journey.

That's what the power of white knighting and sugar coating does to a fat piece of lard like her: Make her undertake a 6000 mile journey while looking like a piece of chit that was just shat out by a whale.

[pWally]

I'm actually shocked she made it out 150 miles

[PeterDINK]

I'm actually shocked she made it out 150 miles

she's made trips as far as 2600 miles actually.

im assuming she bulked up because she would have to spend 150+ days at sea

[Magnumtripod]

she's made trips as far as 2600 miles actually.

im assuming she bulked up because she would have to spend 150+ days at sea

This

She'd probably be all skin and bones by the time she was done. Now she's going to have to lose those pounds in the judgement free zone

[streetlegaltank]

mirin boat

[JO74]

Wheres the Nisshin Maru when you need them

[xavengedx23]

She is "fat" for a reason you damn imbeciles. Always quick to snap at anything

[demadio]

Did she not have a plan to deal with the possibility of bad weather? This is the first thing I thought about when she started this.

[BathtubVB]

she's made trips as far as 2600 miles actually.

im assuming she bulked up because she would have to spend 150+ days at sea

This.

[RC2008]

Imagine how much weight she will lose by the time she gets back

[BathtubVB]

Did she not have a plan to deal with the possibility of bad weather? This is the first thing I thought about when she started this.

Calling the coast guard seems like the best plan when you're in a carbon fibre boat. No sense going all The Perfect Storm.

[xavengedx23]

Here's a short writing in regards to the woman that swam from cuba to florida. It applies to the situation in the OP extremely well although it isn't swimming per se.

She broke the speed record swimming around Manhattan. She set a distance record — for men as well as for women — by swimming 102.5 miles from the Bahamas to Florida. She once lost 29 pounds in 40 hours of swimming. (Marathon swimmers often intentionally gain weight right before a swim, then lose it all before they finish.)

[Sv1nt]

lol how stupid can this whale be?

She thought she could survive because her species lives in water?

brb doubt she packed enough food for 150 day+ journey and if she did she would have eaten it all in 1 week.

Fukin pathetic.
Why would you even try this idiotic task?

[CaptChip40]

missed it by this much {---}

[Battlefury]

LOL! At row boating the pacific even the vikings have to use sail so that they don't have to row.She was white knighted into doing this,and people around her sugar coated it saying that she will make it.She will have to row non-stop all the way across the pacific,what a dellusional woman.

[StiffSproles]

she's made trips as far as 2600 miles actually.

im assuming she bulked up because she would have to spend 150+ days at sea

why would she need to bulk? Is she going to hibernate and not be around food for months? No. Bulking to row is stupid as fuk mate.

[GooBaaa]

I bet she has a little trolling motor on that boat

[NMS3]

lol how stupid can this whale be?

She thought she could survive because her species lives in water?

brb doubt she packed enough food for 150 day+ journey and if she did she would have eaten it all in 1 week.

Fukin pathetic.
Why would you even try this idiotic task?

Life is short bro.

[StongEverything]

ITT a bunch of miscers hating on a woman that attempted to cross the pacific ocean in a row boat, while they sit behind a computer and bitch

[spurdo]

If it was a dude this thread wouldn't exist. Good for her, she tried at least and made it quite far. Imagine being in the eye of a storm in the middle of the Pacific ffs, 100% of these whiny miscers wouldn't make it farther than 10 miles.

[SlyOdysseus]

ITT a bunch of miscers hating on a woman that attempted to cross the pacific ocean in a row boat, while they sit behind a computer and bitch

While true she is also delusional to think she had a chance ... I read her bio and it is not very impressive compared to other women who have done solo expeditions. She is also beyond the stage of additional weight for the journey and just out of shape and under qualified - being in a small boat is very physically demanding.

She was no doubt told it was possible by beta WKs ... honeslty just look at that thing so much delusion much failure.

[casherr]

She looks fukking disgusting.

[SlyOdysseus]

If it was a dude this thread wouldn't exist. Good for her, she tried at least and made it quite far. Imagine being in the eye of a storm in the middle of the Pacific ffs, 100% of these whiny miscers wouldn't make it farther than 10 miles.

Agree bro but also if you have done some rowing and sailing before, this isn't the kind of thing you just hoop into like she did ... if you read her bio.

She honestly did not take this seriously ... physically or mentally.

[KingofLifts]

Rowing across the pacific would be such a badass achievement. Good on her for trying.