US Woman Kelsey Pfendler Rows Solo from California to Hawaii

Female US rower reflects on ‘surreal’ record-breaking journey from California to Hawaii

Kelsey Pfendler, 32, says she hopes her solo 2,400-mile trek across the mid-Pacific inspires other women to take risks A Grand Canyon river-rafting guide who recently became the first US woman to row solo from California to Hawaii – traveling in record time – says she hopes her accomplishment inspires other women to push their limits and take risks. “It’s really motivating to think [that], maybe one day, I will get to see another woman work even harder to do what I did,” Kelsey Pfendler, 32, ...

By Ramon Antonio Vargas