Sarah Outen Research Paper

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World Cycler and expert rower, Sarah Outen (https://twitter.com/SarahOuten) is an adventurer and traveler on wheels (and kayak), as she continues her London2London journey, cycling and rowing across the world. She was recently featured on Cycle Traveller (https://twitter.com/CycleTraveller) for her two wheeled cycling and kayaking escapades that have lasted over 4 years in the project. In the interview she talks about her accomplishments on her bike “Hercules” and the distance she has traveled, as well as set backs, and homesickness.

The world cycler, and world class rower, born in May of 1985, is of British descent, and is a motivational speaker, as well as the first woman, and youngest person to row across the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Alaska. Elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society for her successful crossing of the Indian Ocean in 2009, the world cycler and rower has also been appointed membership into the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 Birthday Honors for her services to rowing, conservation, and charity when her London2London project began.
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Four years later and the worldclass athlete is still going strong! Having cycled for 11,000 miles (17,700km) and rowed for five months, all together, 33,800 km. Outen is on the home stretch of her London2London journey. She hopes to row across the North Atlantic back to Tower Bridge, where it all began, in Autumn 2015, hence the name

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