Despite the challenging circumstances, Ms Outen managed to send out a number
of tweets from her cabin confirming both her safety and how she was keeping
up her spirits by visualising her friends and family.
Shortly before she was rescued, she wrote:
However, she also revealed her concern at the fact she might have to abandon
her boat, due to rough weather conditions:
Ms Outen is currently in the middle of a round-the-world expedition scheduled
to last 850 days and involving 11 months alone at sea after setting off from
London on April 1 last year.
She had already kayaked across Europe and cycled across Eurasia before she set
off on the latest leg of her adventure from a port east of Tokyo on May 13
en route for Vancouver.
Mr Martell, a double Guinness World Record holder, left Japan on May 4 in a
bid to is set a record for the fastest crossing of the North Pacific Ocean
and the first unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean.
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