Adaptive Rowers Meet in California

Most people look at a 37 mile (60 km) open ocean row as utter insanity. Not the two adaptive rowers who will participate in the Catalina Crossing in Los Angeles, California on 22nd September.

For them it is the perfect opportunity to promote the sport of adaptive rowing worldwide and to boldly participate in a test of rowing unlike any other.

Adaptive rowing is rowing, sculling or crew for people with physical limitations or disabilities.

The two who are taking on the challenge are none other than the gold and silver medallists of this year’s US Adaptive National Championships that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 8th September.

It will be a case of east meets west as East Coast amputee adaptive rower Scott Brown of Philadelphia and West Coast paraplegic adaptive rower Angela Madsen of Long Beach, California come together for the 2001 Catalina Crossing.

By participating in this year’s event along with the many other able-bodied rowers the two athletes are hoping to increase the profile of adaptive rowing.

The crossing starts at 5:00 AM from the California Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey and the participant are expected to arrive at the finish at the Isthmus on Catalina Island between 10:00 and 11:00 AM.

The 2001 edition will be the 28th running of this event.