Whomever thought row boats were just for rowing gently down the stream are in for a big surprise. Katie Spotz navigated her specially designed row boat across the Atlantic Ocean. This young 22 year old American woman departed from Senegal on January 3rd, 2010 and touched down in Guyana on Sunday, March 14th. She spent the entire journey alone in the row boat though she did have a few high tech features in the boat like a laptop computer.

“Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink.”

Though Katie did break the record of being the youngest person to row across the ocean alone, this watery venture was not only for the purpose of breaking an athletic record. The rowing venture across miles and miles of water was for the benefit of the many people throughout the world who do not have access to clean drinking water.

Though Katie did have clean drinking water during her journey her hopes were to bring awareness to the foundation that helps to bring fresh drinking water to those who do not have it. This brave young woman rowed almost 3,000 miles completely alone as a fundraiser for the Blue Planet Run Foundation.