Here is the first set of photos from Roz’s arrival in Tarawa!!! Many more to come soon…
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Roz Completes Pacific Stage 2 in 2009
Published: September 7, 2009Posted in: Featured Archives, Pacific Row, Stage 2
Fabulous pictures. I especially loved the Roz-Nicole swimming meetup pictures. Proves that any-temperature-beer is a good beer, under the right circumstances. And what a delightful welcoming ceremony. Roz, you earned every bit of this! What an amazing demonstration of strength you showed, especially during the last two days of the row!
Fantastic – well done Roz!!!!!
Dan xxx
(Atlantic Rowing Race 1997 – Mother & Son Team)
Well done Roz! Tough couple of weeks!
Over a hundred days at sea, and you look fabulous! I spend one day in a car and end up looking like a drowned rat!
Major congrats!! And, again, major kudos to Nicole for pulling off a grand Hero’s welcome! I can’t wait to see more photos and hear more stories.
It’s so appropriate that Nicole should be the first to greet Roz – and by actually swimming out to meet her!
A great achievement for both of you!
Terrific! Congratulations! And what a wonderful welcome from the good people of Tarawa!
Beautiful! It brought tears of joy to my eyes. We can see your joy, some sort of anguish and relief on your face and the trepidation on Nicole’s.
Roz you look wonderful. No massage for Brocade but she needs a serious facial
The people of Tarawa are so beautiful too – What a welcome!
103 days at sea and all these hard bodies – sister your head must have been spinning
BTW when I sent you 1,335,834 bravos the other day you need to know that I actually clapped 1,335,834 (give or take a few) or 7 sessions of 1/2 hour for a total of 3 and 1/2 hours of applause. Must be a record here too.
Congrasts!
Sebastian
Great photos! They really capture the spirit of the arrival. The tweets were nice too. Congratulations on a job well done!
Tim Limon
Congratulations Roz! You’re truly amazing!
Congratulations Roz! You continue to be a HUGE inspiration to me, and I thank you for that. Enjoy the moment and have a few more beers!
I don’t know how neither do I know why but those two men carrying you to shore is SO DAJAVU to me. It is like a glimpse of time that occured thousands of years ago. The entire experience resonates with me and by the looks of you in the photo it did with you as well.
I am conscience of the environment so the cause of your adventure had no profound impact upon me. The spiritual interconnectiveness of humanity had a profound impact upon me. Congrats Roz!
Thanks John Kay for fixing up Wiki, the Fox article got most of it right (only 1 million oar strokes?
). Looking good.
Nice to see you with a real beer in hand !!!! VB is a great drop !!!!
very impressive
Congrats Roz, great job in keeping us all up to date, what a strange thing these satellites are, we were all along with you day to day, even though you couldn’t see us. you truly are an inspiration to me and to so many. Thanks for being such a positive spirit. Rest well…
Hi Roz, great set of pictures, and your arrival was really a big deal and well done by the Tarawa people. Enjoy yourself, get rested, and prepare for your next leg of your rowing!
Congratulations, Roz!
Thank you for the wonderful ride and the photos of the arrival ceremony.
I bet that beer tasted great! What a wonderful welcoming from the people of Tarawa.
Please get some well-deserved rest.
All the best,
Roger
whoa! those dudes are HOT! I love the pictures of the brocade, it looks like a space ship, really cool.
Excellent pics Roz! I’m so happy to see you got such a great welcome on such short notice. But please, you have to use more sunscreen! Enjoy you’re well deserved rest.
Cheers,
Eric
Congratulations!!!
Glad that you arrived safely…been following you from the start!
Enjoy some rest and relaxation! Great pics!
Bob
Congrats Roz. I have been following your daily blogs with great passion. Not only do I think that you are an amazing lady, but also a great writer. You inspire many of us and I look forward reading your upcoming Atlantic book and perhaps there will be a Pacific book as well.
Best…….!
Congratulations, Roz! I find your bravery and your blog most inspiring!! Thank you for sharing your amazing journey.
Roz, you ROCK! Been peeking in on you from time to time and soooooo fabulous to see your shining face and gorgeous smile. Don’t think you needed to lose 30 pounds but perhaps you could start a new food fad – The Pacific Ocean Diet
Carry forth and know you are much loved and admired for your courage, strength of convictions and for not only walking the eco talk, but for rowing it!! Best, Betsy (TCP’er and green radio host)
” Congrats Roz….great,highly inspirational.Recently started reading about u,became fan of u…….great job..keep going……..I feel I am looking at mix of forest gump+ cast away…………Roz ur rocking………ATB” .
tc
Sat(Charlotte,nc)
Congratulations! Glad to see you made it looking healthy and happy!