(BBC)
A 21-year-old swimming teacher has become the youngest woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Jasmine Harrison, from Thirsk in North Yorkshire, set off on her 3,000-mile (4,828km) journey from La Gomera in the Canary Islands in December.
After arriving in the Caribbean she said the experience had been “amazing” and “everything I wanted it to be”.
Asked about her epic challenge, she said it had been a mix of “good and bad memories”, but said she had relished the chance to escape from day-to-day life.
Ms Harrison’s crossing was not without difficulty and she capsized just two days before crossing the finishing line, injuring her elbow in the process.
During the crossing, Ms Harrison would row for two hours and sleep for two hours on rotation.
Despite being cut off from the world, she was still able to speak to her mother every day via satellite phone.
Asked what she was most looking forward to after stepping on to dry land, she replied: “Food, definitely food.”
As well as rowing into the record books, Ms Harrison has also raised more than £10,000 for charity.
The previous youngest female solo ocean rower was 22-year-old Katie Spotz from the USA who rowed the Atlantic east-to-west between 3 January and 14 March 2010.
The youngest person to have made the crossing solo is student Lukas Haitzmann, who completed it in 2019 at the age of 18.
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Congratulation to this young hero. Not many will dare to take on this challenge.
Awesome achievement
You GO GIRL!!!!! Congrats on your accomplishment, growth and increased strength and confidence.
To say she’s rowed for 70 days I’m surprised she’s still got a bit of a gut… Unless those are incredibly tight shorts.
Either way, huge achievement
She’s 21 lol looks more like 51 but congratulations still
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