the most dangerous ocean crossing in the
world is from South America to
Antarctica
600 miles of the most treacherous and
unpredictable waters on the planet Drake
Passage six elite athletes are
attempting to survive arctic cold
temperatures winds storms and 40-foot
swells in a rowboat
pretty tough time out there rowing
across the Drake Passage we've been hit
by four pretty nasty storms appropriate
name we set the anchor as a reminder for
our fans
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steel trap doesn't anything go good for
to have hours of freezing our butts off
on the deck as huge waves broke over the
entire boat and it's snowed and it
rained and I swear to God I once felt
hail waves boats from 2015 13
and a one-stage up to 43rd I was
actually outside to take my shift
putting on my life jackets proposed the
side waves the boats I got hit by wave
the very almost went over was just
hanging on the railings and soaks and if
I'd come over there'll be no no one
could have heard me
this is pretty pretty scary
the most surprising thing of a solo
exhibition is just how unpredictable the
Drake Passage has been
the Drake Passage this is the most
extreme challenge ever undertaken in
ocean right Wi-Fi as soon as I first
heard about it I thought this was just
the most crazy expedition ever and I was
like sign me up
biggest thing is stay positive and work
hard
my mum thinks I'm completely insane but
I see a different way I think that these
things can't be overcome he kind of has
a deep connection to exploration in his
bones and in his DNA all the way going
back to his grandfather who was the
first person to actually fly a plane
over Mount Everest couldn't open cockpit
biplane didn't go that high and he put a
ship a propeller and he flew over it in
1933 the photographs they took from that
you know helped Sir Edmund Hillary with
the very first ascent of Mount Everest
we grew up as kids thinking wouldn't it
be fun to do this and when he can
actually pull off something it's a world
first no matter what else happens the
rest of your life you can always look
back on that and say yeah we did it this
is probably the most exciting expedition
anyone's ever brought to me
it's not a physical challenge this sure
as hell isn't a rowing challenge this is
a mental challenge a lot of people that
done flat river rowing actually crumble
when they're actually on the ocean
because it's so different you can't get
both oars in the water at the same time
you know you're wet you're cold it's
miserable so everything about this
expedition is hard but for highly
manager our stay positive all the time
everyone has done their own you know has
done their own expeditions two of them I
prayed with before Cameron and fee on a
few years ago we actually rode across
the Indian Ocean which was 5,000 miles
and took us almost two months to get
there everyone always thinks the worst
part of your body to get affected with
your hands you get blisters and calluses
in your hands your hands actually are
pretty much okay the whole time it's
your bum that's the problem there's
seven layers of skin we've got down to
about two layers by last time some start
bleeding by the time you're finished you
would look at that seat after you finish
and think you never want a system again
somehow you just have to keep on going
if you keep clean you keep trying look
after you know your bum you'll be all
right
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just got done with our first shift after
the long night
it's been a year and a half of
discussing this with ya
and training for its and has been being
a lot of fun we're approaching safe
Shetland Islands we have 150 more miles
to Roy
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