John Fairfax, Who Rowed Across Oceans, Dies at 74 - NYTimes.com: He crossed the Atlantic because it was there, and the Pacific because it was also there.
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Mr. Fairfax and Sylvia Cook in 1972, after their Pacific trek.
He made both crossings in a rowboat because it, too, was there, and because the lure of sea, spray and sinew, and the history-making chance to traverse two oceans without steam or sail, proved irresistible.
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