British adventurer Sarah Outen rescued by Japanese Coast Guard - New York Daily News

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Sarah Outen was rescued by the Japanese Coast Guard on Friday.

A British woman who found herself stranded in the middle of a solo around-the-world trip is safe, her team announced Friday.
Sarah Outen was rescued by the Japanese Coast Guard and is heading to Japan, her team posted on her blog.
“Thank you for all your messages of support and a huge thanks to the Coast Guards in Falmouth and Japan for such a swift response and for getting Sarah aboard the recovery vessel safe and sound in difficult sea conditions,” the blog post read.
The British adventurer was about 11,000 miles into her journey of circumnavigating the globe without the aid of any mechanical engines when her boat hit rough waters and was damaged.
“Have written ‘SMILE’ on one hand and ‘BREATHE’ on the other. Both will help when I am scared in the storm,” she tweeted on Tuesday.
Days later, her posts became more frantic. On Thursday she tweeted “FOCUSING ON CALM. TRYING2BLOCK OUT WIND AND WAVES. VISUALISING FAMILY AND FRIENDS PULLING US IN.”
Hours later, she was reportedly rescued.
CNN.com reported that a nearby merchant vessel and coast guard plane kept watch on her until a rescue ship arrived.
She reportedly asked for pancakes, orange juice and grapes for her first meal in Japan.
Since beginning her journey in April 2011, Outen has cycled, rowed and kayaked through Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and China.
Her goal was to row from Japan to Canada.
It was not immediately clear if she would continue that journey once her boat was fixed.

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