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INSPIRATION: LIA DITTON

STYLE: URBANWEAR

HEALTH: HYDRATION MYTHS BUDTES

BUSINESS: DRAGON & GOODBYE OUCH

MIND: LEAVE YOUR CELLPHONE AT HOME

TECH GUIDE:

DIVERSION: JUST ADD WATER

THE FINAL EXAM ROW LIA ROW

In March 2020, Lia Ditton will depart from Choshi, Japan on a mission to row 5,500 nautical miles, solo and unsupported, across the Pacific Ocean to the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco.

To date 2 people have rowed this distance. Both were men and both men were towed the last 20 and 50 miles respectively. If she succeeds, she will be the 1st woman and 1st person to row land-to-land.

This is her interview

How did you get into ocean rowing? How did it all start for you?

A Danish Olympic was given my number by a mutual friend. ‘Me? Row an ocean? You haven’t even met me!’ I still laugh at the