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After attempt 1 on #ExpeditionPacific, my boat #Icha was a bit banged up. I was worried about delamination (due to the crack in the #carbon from rubbing alongside a freighter). Thankfully, on further inspection despite being outside waiting for shipment for two months and the journey back to shore, there was no internal structural skin damage and zero water ingress past the crack. Tiny patch, thankfully tiny problem! #phew #divinycell #foamcore (at SpinDrift Rowing)
On expedition even when flying home, it seems. Note: #gin. #expeditionpacific #stillproud #livewithoutlimits @adidasoutdoor
Hi everyone, Sonya here...first I want to say thank you to all of the Japanese officials and individuals who've helped me over the last three months, the freight vessel Naraweik, my incredible sponsors and all of you for your patience and absolute support of my decision to abort this year's attempt. More to come soon, but suffice it to say that it wasn't just one thing, it was many things. There was no EPIRB involved and I am very thankful to have had two vessels within mere miles of me at the time my team and I made the call so that very few resources were spent. ICHA is safe, I am safe and responders are all safe. Sometimes you are scaling the mountain and things just aren't in line to reach the top and also safely climb back down. I'm thankful my mountain, the Pacific, will still exist for many possibility-filled years to come. Please watch my website in the coming days as I blog about the experience so you can have a full understanding of my decisionmaking process. Keep pushing the limits, but always remain cognizant and be willing to take a step back. I'm happy to grow into an old prudent explorer rather than be stopped prematurely by being an impatient young adventurer. For you're viewing pleasure, this is one picture of my GPS during the expedition, my boat being the big black circle and the Choshi coast littered with vessels and the course lines of the tankers all around me. #expeditionpacific #livewithoutlimits
It's finally real, I leave tomorrow early afternoon Japan Standard Time. Had three full days of every 12 hour checks to confirm Sunday. Radio silence was a coping mechanism as I had to be sure, hope everyone understands! Tracker going live by the time you wake up Sunday (in #America). #expeditionpacific #livewithoutlimits
Field update: Decisions, decisions. The last major piece of equipment that wasn't quite working was the Liquid Robotics C&C (brain). All the devices tethered in were operating perfectly, but my batteries for some reason weren't recharging its internal battery. This meant having to do some last minute multi-national coordinating between Julian (main #scientist from ESR) on a research vessel somewhere in the S #Pacific, Liquid Robotics in #SanFrancisco and then me in Japan finding parts and requiring. LRI overnighted new wiring for their device to me (which in reality takes 3 days due to #Japanese #customs), then my friend Scott located a three-position switch for me about 2 hours away from my @airbnb house in #Yokohama. After a day of rewiring and reworking, it seems we have fixed the charging!! All this over #MemorialDay weekend for LiquidRobotics back in the #US. Thanks #team! #expeditionpacific #electronics #science #readyforaction #nasa #climatechange #salinity #oceanhealth
Mode.com sent the very amazing David out to film an 4-5 minute editorial piece "behind the scenes" at the marina. #spoileralert: my boat was so messy. #expeditionpacific
When there's nothing to do but wait.... "If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible." -Coelho #expeditionpacific #comeonweather #japan #fishing #sunset
She's finally in!!!! Now to calibrate my autotiller, have final boat checks by my duty officer via Skype, and tie everything (I mean everything) to the boat. #expeditionpacific #livewithoutlimits
