first paraplegic, first openly gay athlete, and oldest woman to row solo across the Pacific Ocean. She was on day 60 of her journey, about halfway between Los Angeles and Hawaii.
She had left a message on Saturday that she was going to have to do some repairs on the boat in the water but was not heard from after that.
The Coast Guard did a flyover and found her body Monday floating in the water still tethered to her boat. Her wife Deb said in a post, “She was willing to die at sea doing the thing she loved most.
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