Peter Harley has roughly 2.1 million oar strokes ahead of him. That amounts to 4,000 miles on the open ocean — or about 3-4 months of paddling the Atlantic.
The 61-year-old South Africa native, who resides in Cary, North Carolina, will embark this week on a solo row from Virginia Beach to La Trinité Sur-Mer, France.
“It’s only been ever attempted twice. Both unsuccessful,” Harley said of the route from Hampton Roads. “So an enormously difficult, huge challenge, and which I was very happy with.”
