OK, so, I think I’m tough because I’ve run, and finished, three marathons. Then a guy named Kenneth Lambert, a native of Dunmore, W.Va., about 90 miles west of us, wrote to me about how he’s going to be rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic next month, solo.
Advantage: Kenneth Lambert.
“Our mission is built around a simple belief: Adventure is a Birthright,” said Lambert, who heads up a nonprofit in Charlotte that is working to use the solo row across the Atlantic, as part of the World’s Toughest Row, a December race beginning in the Canary Islands, ending in Antigua, to raise $2.5 million to support two North Carolina-based children’s nonprofits.
The tagline “Adventure is a Birthright” is inspired by Lambert’s upbringing in the West Virginia mountains.
“Growing up in Appalachia encouraged me to explore, challenge myself, and discover what I was capable of. I want to help give children those same opportunities, regardless of their circumstances,” said Lambert, whose training for his upcoming (gulp!) 3,000-mile solo row includes endurance rowing, swimming, strength training and developing the seamanship necessary for the crossing.
I can’t even imagine.
How you can help: iamkennethlambert.com.
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Chris Graham
