Ontario-based John Beeden became the first person to complete a non-stop solo row across the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, finishing his journey from San Francisco to Cairns, Australia, in 209 days. To complete the 7,021-mile journey, Beeden, 53, had to average 15 hours of rowing a day; he set out on June 1, and was delayed by several weeks at sea due to bad weather.
Luckily, Beeden had experience in the open ocean: He rowed across the Atlantic just four years ago. His wife, Cheryl, commented to the BBC that, "I kind of think it's like childbirth because he says he's not going to get in another boat for a while — but I am sure in a couple of weeks he'll be having some other adventure, and I will have to restrain him a little bit."
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