VERY December, rowers from across the world gather at San Sebastián de La Gomera, in the Canary Islands to participate in the World's Toughest Row, a non-stop 3,000-mile (4828 kms) journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Nelson Dockyard, Antigua, in a row boat to raise money for charities of their choice. Taking anywhere between 30 days for teams of four, to 60 days for solo rowers, the journey is a physical and mental challenge with participants having to brave temperatures as low as 10 degrees Celsius, and ocean waves reaching 20 feet in height.
If she completes the journey, Bengaluru-born rower Ananya Prasad will be the first woman of colour to do it. "It's a bit like climbing Everest, you can prepare as much as you can, but you only go that high when you climb it," she says.
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