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a boy. oh boy. a wade is 10 meters high. no land in sight. full women alone on the open sea. a micah, which death e kathy now and cigna are taking on the biggest challenge of their lives, crossing the atlantic ocean in a row votes in the telescope atlantic challenge. micah, a cardiologist by trade, has hardly any rowing experience. globus is all, i think, it's also a little bit about getting to know myself from a different perspective by doing something crazy. my to select nekisha as me like the other women, she lives in hamburg, mike, his best friend, catalina,

came up with the idea i might get in with you. i'm toyota. i like having adventures and trying different 40 things on the 30 to 67 days on the atlantic, with no support bo everything on board and doing it all ourselves. kind of a life project. this is evelyn who is on limbs. we act non mother and daughter g o stuffy and tim not complete the team they to were looking for something different in life vests and yahoo, 16 years i made her school lunches. that's not enough in the life of these. and i'm doing something else for which often i'm looking forward to seeing the crazy starry sky because we won't have any light. i hope we see dolphins and whales. i'd love to swim with dolphins get over to the huge room 1st though they have to train several times every week stuffy and tim to take to their local river. the ausa in humbug. although they both have experience in

rowing, they brought in support from former. well, champion cassandra alcott with effie don't fall asleep cheek as you are on land, and that's how to pursue the last part. i thought, did you know what i mean? then doing well. hi buffer. got mar determined neuro bussey ma hm. if you weren't involved in this and didn't know and liked him, you'd have to be careful not to be mean about it and say, what on earth are they doing? complete nonsense to the group has been training for a year and a half with the 2nd breakfast today. looks good. chocolate. great. love viewed on rolling a marathon today. 42.195 kilometers to combine some info to me. awe before this challenge, catalina, and micah had never been on a row boat. oh,

oh. oh. 05000 kilometers of ocean, a white them with high waves, bad weather, and life packed together in a tiny space. many teams have broken off attempts at a crossing in the pass. peaceful women wants to become the 1st all female german teams to my kids. ah ah, over in southeast england, in the town of burning on, crouch charlie pitcher makes roy boats fit for the high seas. oh, that's exactly why the team has invested tens of thousands of euros in his skills. now they see what their money, his port. it's 8 meters long, weighs

a ton and is designed to be unsinkable. these 5 square meters will be the team's home for weeks. great, our own bo port shewn mine so that i had never even had a brand new car before. always used cars. this is new. hey, there the 1st german women's team, you know, the whole world will be watching when they're racing next year. so very exciting time. so i'm really excited for them. that 1st test is crossing the english channel . it's not too much to see burger that's. that's yeah, it's rowing i so it's not just the physical demands that face the teen. the atlantic crossing will be a huge psychological challenge. running on the outset is simply not the same. a grueling rhythm of 2 hours rowing followed by 2 hours sleeping, a whites them and that's not all

with half past 1 in the night. we had to admit that although the storm is in here, yet, the weather is too strong for us. stock. michelle, what you had to vomit to day and now we're turning back again with the team has failed. it's 1st trial. the mood is deflated them since megan overcome the wind and the current and then try decided we had to turn back on that still time before the race gets under way. charlie gives his advice on what the 4 women should focus on before. then they've got to get more path with yours. you've got to have really good, strong legs and back. doesn't matter about arms and you've got to get your stall right. and you must get that long power together. st. corrosive 2 of you

get that power working through the oars to get the boat moving forward spots. the most important thing from is that you've got to work on that. it's here in like a meta in the canary islands. the 35 teams begin the crossing to antigua in the caribbean in december 2019. the atlantic challenge is the hardest rowing rates in the world. the fastest teams will need one month, the slowest 2 months. it's the moment of truth for my cache defeat. tim now and catalina, 2 yachts are on hand for emergencies. otherwise the rosa out on their run. there are risks. yes. is risks of bad weather and capsize on the head, injury and illness. but things that actually have the greatest effect on cruise, how they get on with each other, personal dynamic. this is really most important and potentially dangerous thing. in

many ways that team spirit is tested early on. the wind is unusually strong and the boat can hardly make any headway. couple a pretty high ways and we all got seasick on team the had it in the worse. fortunately, micah is a doctor with the help of an eye the infusion. she gets the situation under control with for the 1st 48 hours, i was so seasick i couldn't move. the girls had to row one person down while i was comatose in the middle of the bo, tristan admitted to sports, but you like every little movement, whatever i didn't before it came back out the house. oh, i thought there are also magical moments like when they were visited by dolphins in

the middle of the ocean with merry christmas new hob. today it's been with come along with low progress because we thought we'd see how the bottom of our boat love seat with a the kitchen consists of a gas cooker. ready meals are on the menu or the balloon is a tasty. oh,

look at my little mouse comebacks. always point north and that's where we'll wait for you guys. may god protect you on your journey with antigua. this is where the team is hoping to arrive soon. they've faced a number of different weather conditions when they're out there. if you have big, strong season, big wires behind you, that's really good. but this year they've been from the side from behind all mixed up. other teams had to deal with even more extreme situations. but nobody was injured in a number of times when the boat been knocked over, but it's just rough and brutal and bruising and tough. and they've had got a lot. and the challenge that i will even still say some of that before the national rod. another a 196 miles. hm

. and then in late january 2020 after more than 40 days, they finally see other human beings again. i they've completed the 5000 kilometer crossing with pure muscle strength. ah ah ah.

why did the beautiful antigen at the 40 today's at 46? a look at him, but all rank taking indescribably beautiful because i haven't processed it yet. one of the best mornings in my life need not bad discussions, though. i can talk with ontario, but the soon as the same isn't that was it phenomenal adventure and it's great to be an inspiration and role models with people and gives them motivation torn a but we never dreamed that it would all end this way. and it is far, michelle, i'm looking forward to a proper shower and good food, fish on the safe in the harbor. friendship intact that that's important to us with my cache that he

kept athena and tim now have made a look. they broke every way that came their way and best did the ocean. oh, wow. mm mm. the show that tackles the issues shaping the continents d w. news africa were gone with what's making the headlights and what's behind with the way on the streets to give you enough reports on the insights, all the trends, stuff. my talk to you next on d w. d 2, you know that 77 percent of a younger than 35. that's me and me and you

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