Rowing Across An Ocean 劃船橫越印度洋

It's a hat trick. Sarah Outen has reached the south-eastern tip of Mauritius, becoming the first woman to row alone across the Indian Ocean, the fastest person to do so and at the age of 24, the youngest.

In a rowing boat she's covered 3100 miles under scorching sun, sometimes riding 30-foot waves in shark-infested water.

When she set off she admitted she was slightly mad:

"People ask that as the first question sometimes. 'Are you mad?' And my answer is, 'Well you've got to be a bit of a fruit loop to get through this life I think'. So yes I am and I'm proud of it."

It wasn't just a test of endurance and stamina, it was about raising money for arthritis charities.

Sarah's dad, who had rheumatoid arthritis, died three years ago. She went on her extraordinary adventure in his memory.

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hat trick帽子戲法，創三項記錄

row劃船

scorching灼熱的

shark-infested鯊魚經常出沒地區

mad瘋了

fruit loop表現失常的

endurance忍耐力

stamina毅力/持久力

arthritis charities關節炎病慈善機構

extraordinary adventure不尋常的探險之舉