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Chris Bertish began this mammoth undertaking 51 days ago on December 6, 2016, launching from the mainland of Agadir, in Morocco, paddling in a south westerly direction past the Canary Islands on December 20. As the New York Times reported on, the entire journey will take Bertish across an estimated 4,000 miles of open ocean, alone, paddling the equivalent of over a marathon a day for over 90 days straight.
In the first 16 days of the expedition, despite harrowing weather conditions and numerous major technical challenges, Chris still managed to break the previous, solo, unsupported and unassisted open ocean distance world record of 180 nautical miles, previously set by Bart de Zwart (Tahiti and Bora Bora in December 2014). Chris has gone on to set a new 300-mile open ocean world record, while also becoming the first person to ever paddle between the mainland of Morocco and the Canary Islands. Every day since, Bertish adds to the new world record and has now traveled over 1,750 miles by reaching 34°W longitude.
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