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October 13, 1998
San Francisco to Hawaii, Second Attempt. Update #22
22. Date: Tue, 13 Oct 98 00:57:27 GMT
Latitude: 32 degrees 08.155 minutes North
Longitude: 129 degrees 04.024 minutes West
Tuff pedaling last 24 hours. Determined SW wind in the face reduces all our efforts to zero. Trying not to be greedy. After all, we haven't been forced backwards or used the sea-anchor in 15days. Lucky!
Now having to spend a lot more time making water. With the wind like this, life is reduced to very basics; eat, pedal, make water, sleep. Last week I wrote in the report that we ought to be able to find a balance and peace of mind out here, if anywhere, because all is so much simpler. I think I lied. This life is a lot tuffer to cope with because the environmental stresses are so intense... The constant motion, the claustrophobic, tiny living area, the unpredictable, merciless ocean. So I won't pretend that I'm anything other than looking forward to getting off in Hawaii and determined to succeed. And I'll do it again and again till Oz. Whatever it takes in the bigger picture of the circumnavigation. By human power of course.
There will be high points, great lessons and experiences to remember, but as for ever being perfectly content out here and indifferent to seeing land? Not in this life buster! My hat is off to Mick who is doing this all way around.
-Steve
Lewis & Smith,
The Moksha crew
Posted on October 13, 1998 5:50 PM