– It feels very strange. It feels as though we’ve been here forever.
Uniformity, loneliness and perhaps most of all, the boredom is about to put its deep traces in the Danish Lasse Wulff Hansen and Mads Vangsø, which is now six weeks and more than 4,000 kilometers to follow, have tried to fight its way across the Atlantic ocean in a rowboat.
Community – 22. jan. 2019 – at. 16:46 Incredible view of the Atlantic: – I have never seen anything more magnificent
the Finish line in the race Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, where the danes remained number one in their category, can consciousness be discerned, and it takes the form of reflections over what the heck it is, the two have engaged in.
– It is a little comical to relate to, to voluntarily place themselves in a rowing boat to row across an ocean, and that it is so while, yes, almost a month and a half now, right. It is quite bizarre, it comes from Lasse, when we speak with him on Wednesday.
After the rudder every two hours at a time and sleeps for two hours. Round the clock on the entire trip.
Every paddler need to drink up to ten litres of water a day.
Seawater is purified in a ‘watermaker’ and thus becomes for drinking water.
A beet lose an average of 12 pounds on the trip.
More people have climbed Mount Everest than crossing an ocean in a rowing boat.
At the deepest point is the Atlantic ocean, about 8.5 miles deep.
in the Middle of the Atlantic waves can be up to six metres high.
Two sikkerhedsbåde sailing with on the trip, but must cover the entire course. Therefore, it can in some cases take them a week to reach a boat in trouble.
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It is clear that, for the former on the journey so competition minded men now, primarily, is about to get into the goal and see their families again. The two have gradually ‘used each other up’.
– After the six weeks are profits to sit down and have a nice chat in the evening over a cup of coffee to be exhausted. It is; calm, sleep eat, it sounds very honest message from premierløjtnanten, which, together with the Mads do a lot to take note and celebrate every time they come a bit closer to the destination Antigua:
Mads summarizes thrilled with the many numbers, how far they actually have come at the present time.
With more than 1000 kilometers back, The Wolfpack Gym powered by the Garmin’s, as the team is called, got off in the boat, and the estimated arrival time shifts all the time, which you can follow here.
You can also follow Mike and Lasse on Instagram here.
Community – 21. jan. 2019 – at. 19:51 Completely naked in the middle of the Atlantic: Have lost 12 kilos
——— SPLIT ELEMENT ———
Revisit the touching farewell with the family, as the beets themselves out on their long journey 12. december.
