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For a second I read "row" as in argument rather than boat/oars and my brain went straight to this: https://spookyscotland.net/benandonner/ Absolutely incredible achievement.
"No u" "No u" "No u" "No u" For 139 days With probably a lot of drinking involved
I’ve rowed a marathon ( several, actually) on a concept 2. I’d even say I’m pretty suited to long distance rowing, since I usually don’t drink or eat while doing a marathon. That said, the idea of going much longer than that — like an eight hour shift, or even two four hour shifts in a day, day after day… that’s insane. And that doesn’t even begin to account for the difference between the erg and ocean rowing. Double…
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I saw an interview with them on the news here. Im sure I heard one of them say one of somehow managed to gain weight during it!
I'll file that fact away for the next time I hear somebody here say "all you need is exercise to lose weight".
I’ve rowed a marathon ( several, actually) on a concept 2. I’d even say I’m pretty suited to long distance rowing, since I usually don’t drink or eat while doing a marathon. That said, the idea of going much longer than that — like an eight hour shift, or even two four hour shifts in a day, day after day… that’s insane. And that doesn’t even begin to account for the difference between the erg and ocean rowing. Double…
After about 45 minutes of rowing on the C2 I don't register that I am exerting myself anymore. I could probably go all day if the boredom wasn't so intense. The danger of the open sea would help a lot with this.
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At the bottom of the article there are links to two related articles from before they started out and when they were halfway through. They answer many of your questions. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-22/scottish-maclean-brot... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-08/scottish-maclean-brot...
Pretty interesting stuff. I'm a bit surprised with the food choices, although to be fair they didn't elaborate too much. But just freeze dried and store-bought foods? And they were talking about eating it cold! Someone needs to show them MREs and flameless ration heaters!
They also come with a lot of stuff you don't want to eat for an extended period of time, and a lot of trash waste.
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I saw an interview with them on the news here. Im sure I heard one of them say one of somehow managed to gain weight during it!
I'll file that fact away for the next time I hear somebody here say "all you need is exercise to lose weight".
So many practical questions about how this worked. Sleeping, food/water (cooking the fish, seasonings?, did they have stretches where they failed to catch anything), boredom - did they have a radio/podcast library, how much rowing per day, how are the bowels after five months of hardtack and fish, how does your skin handle constant saltwater exposure without showering, etc Also - I want to see a before photo. They al…
yes, they bring they own electronic devices, but you do have to be judicious in usage due to the aforementioned solar panels not being very big. Here's a picture (to be clear, this one used for the talisker, the ABC articles have a better image of the one specifically used by the brothers):
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmNq8z...