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Sperm whales and seasickness - highs and lows in a day of round the world adventurer Sarah Outen

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Day Ten of round the world adventurer Sarah Outen's voyage has seen her experiencing the highs and lows of her epic voyage. Sounding tired in the latest phonecast posted today she said:"We've had a pretty fabulous start to the day.I saw four great big silvery shapes in the distance leaping out of the water. "It was a massive whale breaching. It was fantastic and interesting to see the shape of it leaping out of the water and hear the boom of the breach, the slapping sound. "Then I saw it and heard other sperm whales much closer to me about 200metres off and it looked like it was a mother and calf - a really special start to the day." She added: " I've had some great rowing, not particularly massive mileage. I put out the sea anchor so we're now bobbing around on that. It's quite uncomfortable. "I'm feeling sick already so I've taken some seasickness drugs and everything in the cabin is strapped down. "I've got food and water prepared in here within easy reach." She added: "I anticipate the next 48 hours to be pretty uncomfortable, probably quite scary(laughs). "The act of staying safe during rough stuff in a rowing boat is really quite passive. "Once you've put the sea anchor out and you've done all your preparations beforehand it seems the best technique for getting through it in one piece is to be as passive as possible while being reasonably alert. "I'm going to step into my bunk and try and snooze off this seassickness." Visit www.sarahouten.com/blog

Sperm whales and seasickness - highs and lows in a day of round the world adventurer Sarah Outen


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