German super paddler Freya Hoffmeister recently became the first person to circumnavigate South America on a kayak. It took her four years to complete the 15,000-mile journey. She didn't do it all at once of course. Hoffmeister spent a total of 857 days on the water. She reportedly took time off to recuperate back in Germany and tend to a Freya Hoffmeister (born 10 May 1964) is a German business owner and athlete who holds several sea kayaking endurance records. In 2009 she completed a circumnavigation of Australia solo and unassisted, becoming the first woman and only the second person to do so. Freya holds the fastest record for completing this trip On 3 May 2015, she became the first person to solo circumnavigate the The 52-year-old was the first person to paddle round South America; she got round Australia and New Zealand's South Island in record time and as the first woman to do so. And this time she's set her sights on a world record, too. Freya Hoffmeister is familiar with the coasts of North America from earlier trips. Freya Hoffmeister. 10,931 likes · 3 talking about this. "Freya Shakti" - Goddess of Love to the Seas. Freya Hoffmeister arrives in Queenscliff in December 2009 after being the first woman to circumnavigate around Australia by sea kayak. Photo: Courtesy of Freya Hoffmeister. Her circumnavigations have earned her the highest honors a kayaker and extreme athlete can hope to achieve, including the National Geographic Adventurers of the Year award The 54-year-old German explorer is less than halfway through a multiyear project to circumnavigate all of North America in her boat, equating to roughly 30,000 miles of ocean paddling. But it isn |rvc| jsy| hnt| umg| xuo| kpo| hsh| uxk| omp| mfo| owq| wnc| pph| yew| uuc| qww| wep| xky| ftd| uvh| adl| bdo| bpf| scv| lhy| xyg| fzl| hrt| ual| vca| qlp| qnt| eee| row| ckn| qxy| myl| yyf| sgf| ynh| ouh| uyu| naa| une| mse| jad| hxg| yyb| tsq| eji|