Roz Savage rowed 3,000 miles solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 2006 - to show "what an ordinary person can do when they put their hearts and minds and souls into it."
Now she is planning to row 6,700 miles alone across the Pacific Ocean.
Her Pacific voyage has an even greater purpose: "To raise awareness of the devastating effects plastic debris dumped in the ocean is having on marine life." The trip, which launches from San Francisco in July, is a project of the Blue Frontier Campaign.
During this trip, which won't be completed until 2009 and will cost nearly $600,000, Savage, 39, will be able to communicate instantly with thousands of supporters from all over the world using a text-messaging system provided by Agile Communications Group.
Followers will be able to send text or email messages to Savage's land-based crew, who will relay them directly to her aboard her boat, Sedna Solo. Savage will answer some of the messages and provide periodic reports on her progress, location updates, and invitations to view on her website the daily blogs, podcasts, video and photographs about the journey.
Website: http://www.rozsavage.com/