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Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

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Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

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post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're confusing limited participation and what such a small group of people doing these events means for single individuals to "win" an event. Women are more like to win in these events then others because there is less competition overall so you get more anomalous results rather then the male biological differences stop dominating the outcome. You are right in that "strength" isn't the dominating factor for…

I don't know why you brought up records, especially sub-ultra. I admitted that: "Women semi-regularly win multi-day and 100+ mile races, even if women don't have course records at these times/distances. " I've run dozens of marathons, multiple 100 milers, and several 12-hour and 24-hour events. You can be the strongest, most prepared person in the world, and it very much might not matter because of how many things ca…

> I don't know why you brought up records, especially sub-ultra.

To point out the performance difference is universal across all distances/speeds.

> and it very much might not matter because of how many things can go south in such an event compared to shorter races.

So your argument is now RNG plays a bigger role so eventually they'll score a win by luck?

> Yes, these events have fewer participants, but nonetheless, even at the most of elite of these events, sometimes women win, and it's not always because the best man didn't show up that day. Big's Backyard Ultra attracts the best in the world, but it was won by a woman in 2019 and 2020.

Are you arguing for me or against me with this line. That's basically a perfect example of the argument I used in my first paragraph.

Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

#83
post #71

It's kind of buried here, but Kelsey is the fastest human to do this. She beat the male record holder's time by 6 days.

This was only completed one other time by the male who was doing it for a fundraiser and not to set a record.

I'd just note that (1) Rob did set a record whether or not he meant to¹, and (2) Kelsey also did not intend to break the men's record.

¹https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/384202-fa...

Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

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post #80

How does it work when she needs to sleep and not loose track?

I saw some of her videos on instagram during the journey. There's a rudder that keeps the boat pointed in the right direction without propulsion while she sleeps.

But doesnt it "drift away" if there is no propulsion?

Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

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post #67
post #59

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Canoeing 15 meter waves!? I've bailed off of lakes at like 2 foot waves for fear of swamping (admittedly fully laden canoes, but still). Are you just using standard open canoes you'd use on a lake (potentially with some air bladders to keep from swamping?), or something special for this?

Quoting this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48875676 > Don't think of these waves like the ones you encounter at shore. Open ocean waves are moving mountains. > It isn't this: /( > It's this: .,-~^^~-,. ___.-/ \-.__ The canoes are outrigger canoes specifically designed for open ocean wave surfing. They're made to ride these mountains. There are air bladders in the front and the back, and the canoes are…

Wow. This looks super cool

Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

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post #48

This is no joke. I've done the crossing from Moloka‘i to Oahu (~45 miles) in a canoe several times, and those open ocean waves can get very nasty (largest I've dealt with were around 15m tall). I can't imagine the mental endurance required here, let alone the physical. My longest crossing took 9 hours, and I was completely drained by the time I touched shore. 44 days is absolutely insane. Such a huge accomplishment.

This guy has rowed from America to Australia, SE Asia and I think he has just reached the Seychelles in the last few days:

https://www.instagram.com/adventureaaron/

Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

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post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know why you brought up records, especially sub-ultra. I admitted that: "Women semi-regularly win multi-day and 100+ mile races, even if women don't have course records at these times/distances. " I've run dozens of marathons, multiple 100 milers, and several 12-hour and 24-hour events. You can be the strongest, most prepared person in the world, and it very much might not matter because of how many things ca…

> I don't know why you brought up records, especially sub-ultra. To point out the performance difference is universal across all distances/speeds. > and it very much might not matter because of how many things can go south in such an event compared to shorter races. So your argument is now RNG plays a bigger role so eventually they'll score a win by luck? > Yes, these events have fewer participants, but nonetheless,…

It's not just RNG. Men are known to have more variance so top record holder can be a very different spread than the 10th best person of each gender.
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