My Dad communicated with the RA and RA II expeditions in 1969 and 1970 on Amateur Radio. As a kid I remember him marking with thumbtacks their location progress on a National Geographic Map on the wall. Bill
On Wed, May 8, 2019, 12:56 PM Steve Keselik <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting story, I'd like to see someone do it in a shipping container!. > I've heard there are lots of them afloat and cause danger to boat > navigation. I've also been a big fan of Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki since I > was a kid. We had the picture book. Another interesting man who may still > hold the longest record for crossing the Atlantic is Alecksander Doba, a 70 > year old who's soloed at least 3 times. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Doba > > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 10:20 AM Bill Bentley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition >> On 5/8/2019 10:15 AM, David wrote: >> >> It is very hard in 2019 to find a feel-good news story. So I thought >> I would >> share this in case you did not see it. >> >> >> https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/barrel-atlantic-crossing-arrival-scli-intl/index.html >> >> He crossed the ocean at 2 miles per hour - using no sail. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://[email protected] >> | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >> -- >> *This email comes from Bill Bentley* >> *[email protected] <[email protected]>* >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> [email protected] | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >
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