Roz Savage: Why I'm rowing across the Pacific Response

On ted.com I watched a video of forty-two year old Roz Savage spoke about her journey of rowing across the Atlantic ocean and how she is currently working on a three part trip across the Pacific ocean.  The inspiring London-native not only told stories about the trips, but also explained why she was doing it.  If she is to complete the Pacific ocean journey, she will be the first female to have rowed across the Pacific ocean alone.  Savage explained that she had worked in an office job for eleven years until one day deciding to really think about the way her life was going and the legacy she wanted to leave behind abter she is gone.  This is when she got into rowing and deciding to set herself on a real adventure.  According to Savage, the trip across the Atlantic took 103 difficult days.  Not only does she describe how amazing it felt to finish, she also speaks of many problems she ran into from tendonitis and salt water soars to broken oars and many psychological challenges to face.  Also proving to be much difficulty,during her first attempt at crossing the first part of the Pacific in 2007 she was beat up by waves, blogged about it, and was unhappily evacuated from the boat.  Even with all of these problems, Savage continues to persevere within her adventures.  Towards the end of the speech Savage sums up with giving reasons for her rowing trips.  She believes that taking these trips informs people and reminds them that we need to use our right of free will to make choices that will help make the world a more sustainable, healthier, and greener planet to live on.

Personally, this video felt inspiring and entertaining.  I was interested in learning her reasoning behind going on rowing trips across oceans.  I think that the highlight of the video was when the audience got to see images from her trip and of her row boat.  The only thing that I wish Savage would have spoke about is a more detailed background on her relationship with rowing.  What was the training for the trip like?  When did you learn how to row?  Did you row as a child?  Although these questions may have been left unanswered, overall the video was enjoyable and engaging.
Here is a link to the video.  Enjoy!